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Lunar Eclipse May 15-16, 2022
Lunar Eclipse Sunday Night/Monday Morning, May 15/16, 2022 9:32 pm to 2:50 am Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks) 400 West Hanes Mill Road Winston-Salem, NC https://north.kaleideum.org/visit/directions/…
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May 2022 FAS Meeting
Moons, moons, and more moons Forsyth Astronomical Society May Meeting Wednesday, May 11 @ 7:30 pm Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks) 400 West Hanes Mill Road…
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Stars
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 30, Number 5. Stars are huge balls of hydrogen plasma powered by nuclear fusion reactions at their core. Stellar Distances Except…
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Astrology to Astronomy
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 30, Number 4. I don’t know how many times I talk to someone who knows that I have an interest in…
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Statewide Star Party, FAS Public Observations April 8th and 9th
Update 4/8: The observation atop Pilot Mountain had been canceled due to inclement weather. The non-observation related activities are still happening. So, if you’re looking…
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Cosmic Distances, Stellar Brightness, and The Hubble Constant
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 30, Number 3. The Hubble Constant The Universe is expanding. The farther a galaxy is from us, the faster it is…
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Project Mercury
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 30, Number 2. Sixty years ago this month (February 20, 1962), Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the…
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Dark Energy
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 30, Number 1. In a previous article, I explored the Standard Model of Particle Physics and discussed what ordinary matter is…
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A Tragic Loss for the FAS
The Forsyth Astronomical Society has the extremely sad duty to announce that our longtime president David Morgan passed away suddenly and unexpectedly during the early…
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