Latest News and Posts
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Pilot Mountain State Park
Hi FAS people: It took several rounds of telephone tag, but the rangers at Pilot Mountain have finally authorized us to conduct a make-up public…
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Pilot Mountain State Park – update
Hi FAS folks: There may be a possibility this Saturday to see the comet Panstarr as it begins to move away from the Sun. As…
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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…
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Recent New Zealand daylight meteor?
From Dave Morgan, From Dr. Steve Kerr, expatriate Winston-Salem native and former FAS Secretary, who now lives in Dunedin, NZ sends this daylight meteor report.…
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Post-event photos from SciWorks
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Pilot Mountain Observation – March 2, 2013
Hi FAS people: The weather gods are tough. Two weather sites (including the Sky Clock) predict it will turn clear tomorrow night; two others say…
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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,…
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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…
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Chelyabinsk Meteor (02.15.13) – informational weblinks
From Jeff Poplin – NASA revises (upward) preliminary estimates: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130215.html UMSF forum pages about the event: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=5524&st=285 Lots of good comments from knowledgeable folks… Interesting…
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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…
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1913 Great Meteor Procession
On 2/8/2013 11:16 PM David Morgan wrote: This is wild: 1913 Great Meteor Procession I like the temporary orbit hypothesis. Indeed! Extraordinary event. What I…
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