Category: Current Astronomy News
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Happy Winter Solstice 2025!
Today, December 21, 2025 at 10:03 am, is the Winter Solstice and officially the beginning of Winter. Look toward the south and notice that the…
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Geminids Meteor Shower peaks on December 13-14, 2025
One of the year’s best meteor showers is coming up on the night of Saturday December 13 through the morning of Sunday, December 14. The…
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Smart Telescopes (An Introduction)
The world of amateur astronomy is changing. In fact, there just might be a revolution going on. We might be at a watershed moment! The…
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6,000 Exoplanets and counting …
According to the folks at NASA, it’s official. Astronomers have now discovered over 6,000 exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. The race…
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FAS Observatory Director Images all 110 Messier Objects
FAS Observatory Director Dr. Bill Rankin has captured images of all 110 Messier Objects. Messier objects were compiled by Charles Messier back in the 1700s…
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The Trifid Nebula (M20)
One of the most popular deep-sky objects is The Trifid Nebula (M20 / NGC 6514). It is an emission nebula that shines with both a…
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One Small Step
56 years ago on July 20, 1969, the lunar module Eagle touched down on the surface of the Moon. A short time later astronaut Neil…
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Pluto
Remember Pluto? It used to be a planet. Pluto was discovered back in 1930 and was considered to be the 9th planet for many years…
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That’s a Wrap – Icy Moons!
Over the past couple months, FAS members presented talks about two of the more interesting moons of our Solar System.In April, Steve Childers introduced us…
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That’s a Wrap! Telescope Workshop
FAS held a telescope workshop at its May meeting. There were several great questions, and, hopefully, a few good answers. However, if you need a…
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Venus: Evening to Morning Star
On March 22, the planet Venus shifted from being an evening star to a morning star. For several weeks, Venus has been blazing in the…
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Spring into Spring
Yes folks, it is spring! Technically, we reached the vernal equinox on Thursday March 20 at 5:01 EDT. This is when the Sun, which follows…