Vivian Bast

  • Globe at Night

    http://www.globeatnight.org/ http://www.facebook.com/GLOBEatNight Join the Worldwide GLOBE at Night 2013 Campaign What would it be like without stars at night? What is it we lose? Starry night skies have given us poetry, art, music and the wonder to explore. A bright night sky (aka light pollution) affects energy consumption, health and wildlife too. Spend a few…

  • Sci Works – Scout Events

    Attention All Club Members: At the last meeting, I mentioned Scout events at SciWorks for Tiger, Cub, and Webelo scouts. The dates are March 1, 8, and 15. Activities will run from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM, but there will not be continuous activities for the whole four hours (you will have some down time).…

  • Public Viewing /Yadkin County Park Feb 21st

    Paul Wooten to all A big Thank You to the members who came out tonight to the Yadkin County Park and helped with the star party for the Yadkinville Elementary School students. Reports have attendance at 150-200 students and parents. We only got to see the moon for a while but the kids and parents were…

  • Club Meeting Info Feb 26th, 2013

    Discussion leader/Presenter: Bruce Mellin Comet Conversations We are fortunate this year to be expecting the passage of two interesting comets. Both have hyperbolic orbits and are approaching the Sun for the first time. Predicting the brightness of even known periodic comets is well known to be a tricky business. Professional and amateur astronomers alike will…

  • Club Observation tonight (members only)

    Hi FAS people: Members only outing: It looks like the skies are promising for Saturday night’s cub observation at Bullington. The forecast calls for clear skies and cold temperatures (well, you can’t have everything!). I will be out of town this weekend, so I can’t be there, but I hope some of you are able…

  • ScienceCasts: A Naked-Eye Comet in March 2013

    Comet Panstarr Coming in March 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZlenAvqLCI

  • Welcome to the new FAS Website

    Good morning all, Well we finally got the new site up and running. Hope you all enjoy it, there is still a lot of work to be done, but please start using and commenting. The comments are turned on for now, or you can send email to mailto:fas@fas37.org Thanks, The WebMasters