September 2023

  • Public Solar Observation at King Central Park on Saturday, September 30 from 10 AM to Noon

    The sky should be mostly clear Saturday morning. This event will take place as scheduled. FAS will hold a public solar observation at King Central Park (302 Kirby Road, King NC 27021) on Saturday, September 30, from 10 am to 12 Noon. Solar telescopes will be available to safely view the Sun and solar activity…

  • The Rise of the Vertebrates

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 11. The Earth’s history is described by geologic time, which is broken into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. The first three eons (Hadean, Archean, and Phanerozoic) are often combined into the Precambrian supereon. Today, we find ourselves in the Cenozoic era of the fourth (Phanerozoic) eon. However, as we…

  • A History of the Earth (Geologic Time)

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 10. The history of the Earth is described by geologists using something call Geologic Time. This is a timeline from the beginning of the Earth to the present day broken down into a hierarchy of four main groupings: Eons, Eras, Periods, and Epochs. Epochs are broken down further into…

  • September 2023 Meeting – Wednesday September 13

    Please join us for the September 13, 2023 meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks), 400 West Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, NC. You don’t have to be a member to attend. If you’re curious and have an interest in astronomy and the universe, come on out!…