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  • Flash seen at Bullington

    Hey All Dave Morgan and I were at Bullington last night when I noticed the sky light up at 11:30 pm. Dave did not see it he was working on the mount, but I said did you see that flash? Today Dave sent me this link http://www.amsmeteors.org/2013/09/new-fireball-spotted-in-midwest/ I will be posting my observation there. Steven…

  • The Young Astronomers Newsletter October 2013

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 21 Number 11 October 2013 By Art Gormley

  • September 2013 FAS Meeting – Telescopes and Amateur Astronomy

    Telescopes and Amateur Astronomy Tuesday, September 24 7:30pm – 9:00pm Held at SciWorks w 400 W. Hanes Mill Rd. Winston-Salem, NC   Learn about: Binoculars for star gazing Telescopes for star gazing Constellations and Asterisms Star Charts and Planispheres Eye pieces for telescopes Magazines, software, and on-line information about amateur astronomy Sign up for this…

  • September 2013 FAS Meeting

    See Club Meeting September 24, 2013 – Telescopes and Amateur Astronomy for details!

  • Astronomy Lecture at GTCC, Friday, 4 Oct

    A free public lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 4 October at the Koury Auditorium at GTCC’s Jamestown campus. Please note that the location for this talk is NOT the same auditorium as was used for TriStar. Koury is Building 19 on the campus map at http://www.gtcc.edu/media/10954/jamestowncampusmap.pdf. TriStar was in Building 25.…

  • Fiesta Sidewalk Astronomy

    Hi FAS folks: The annual Fiesta in downtown Winston-Salem is looking for volunteers to do some solar telescope observing this Saturday, September 14. Location: At Fiesta this Saturday, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be on Spruce Street and Holly Avenue. It will be so easy to come in on Spruce Street, like from Second Street…

  • Club Observation (members only)

    Hi FAS people: The forecast for tonight is not ideal, but it may be good enough to call a club observation at Bullington. The Sky Clock predicts clear skies with (unfortunately) only average transparency. So, if you just want to dust the cobwebs and mildew off your equipment, tonight may be the time to do…

  • FTCC Astronomy class – September 26-October 24.

    Astronomy class at Forsyth Technical Community College Five two-hour noncredit classes on Thursday nights 6:30pm to 8:30pm September 26-October 24 Held in SciWorks planetarium Cost of the course is $50 per student This is a class for beginners: people who know very little about astronomy, but are interested in learning more. The course covers topics…

  • August 2013 FAS Meeting

    Tom English, director of the Cline Observatory at GTCC will be our August speaker. His talk is entitled: Agnes Clerke and the New Astronomy In the 1880s, an amazing book was published in England by an unheralded woman named Agnes Mary Clerke. Her Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century covered advances in astronomy…