Chip Bast

  • Corridors of Light – A CCC Presentation

    Important information for all who enjoy the night sky. Facebook – links: Event: Corridors of Light – A CCC Presentation Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 6:30pm University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston-Salem, North Carolina Facebook Page: Creative Corridors Coalition I will be speaking briefly during this presentation about light pollution. Information on…

  • The Young Astronomers Newsletter August 2013

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 21 Number 9 August 2013 (Update: The dates for the Perseids showed 7/12 – 7/13 instead of 8/12 – 8/13) By Art Gormley

  • July 2013 FAS Meeting

    Hi FAS folks: Although we are having the worst summer for observing in recent memory, our FAS meetings go on. Our next meeting will be this Tuesday, July 23, at Sci-Works at 7:30 PM. Our program will be presented by astrophysicist Rick Boozer on his research on the Magellanic Clouds. His research has involved some…

  • The Young Astronomers Newsletter July 2013

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 21 Number 8 July 2013 By Art Gormley

  • Supermoon Sunday June 23, 2013

    Don’t miss the action – The biggest, brightest Moon of the year is almost here. On 23 June 2013, a Supermoon will be occurring. What that means is that the Moon will be closer to the Earth than at any other time during the year – in fact, the upcoming Supermoon will be the closest…

  • Stone Mountain State Park observation

    Sky looks good for a good night.

  • Noctilucent Clouds

    I saw this while watching the NASA ScienceCasts video about an early start to this year’s noctilucent clouds season. Given my interests in red sprites and blue jets, I had to know. Dark Lightning: Dave Morgan

  • Tonight June 1, 2013 (Club Observation, Members Only)

    Hi FAS people: Our official club observation is next week, but the forecast for tomorrow June1 night looks promising (not perfect, but perhaps worth the trip). If the forecast holds, I’ll be up there around sunset. Steve C sunset: 8:30 PM astronomical twilight: 10:20 moonrise: 1:45 AM

  • Losing the Dark

    Losing the Dark Interesting video.