Welcome

Special Notice
The club meeting day has changed to the fourth Tuesday of the month.

* Astro News/Information

Red giant star Betelgeuse mysteriously shrinking - The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation Orion, has steadily shrunk over the past 15 years, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers.
AstronomyTop100.com - USA IYA Project - Officially Unveiled!
In Depth Observing - M81 and M82
You Know You're An Astronomer When…
News Feed Up to date news from NASA, Space.com, Astronomy News and more.

About Us - History, Organization Information, Constitution, Board of Directors, Membership Information, Newsletter, and a lot more.

The American Meteor Society

Club Meetings start at 7:30 PM at SciWorks on the 4th Tuesday of every month
The next meeting is on Tuesday 28th of July 2009
400 W Hanes Mills Rd Winston-Salem NC 27106
For more Information: Email to fas@fas37.org
Forsyth County - Cities and Towns - Bethania, Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville, Rural Hall, Tobaccoville, Walkertown, and Winston-Salem

Special Events Information - Information about upcoming special events. Calander

A Few Past Events

IYA 2009 - 24 hour Star Party
Sandy Galaxies and Other Objects! - and Sandy Galaxies III from Feb 18, 2009. Be sure to check out the Photo Gallery
Telescope Workshop - See pictures and read a story or two.
Amazing Astronomy Day - See 2008 and 2009 event information.

Cool Links - Night Sky, Clear Sky Charts, Observatories, Astronomy, Periodicals, Sky Guides, NASA, Shopping, Other

Your Guide To Tonight's Sky - Movie from NASA for January 2009
Getting Started - with astronomy and picking your 1st telescope
Full Moon Names for 2009 - Full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States.

Kids Sites and Information - Find out more about the sky for the young in all of us!

Telescopes From the Ground Up - The Online Exploration Telescopes From the Ground Up includes two activities: “Get to the Root of It — Basic Science Content,” and “The History of Telescopes From Galileo to the Great Observatories” and is appropriate for both middle school and high school.

Light Pollution Information - This is a problem everywhere :-t please help!

Light Pollution and Human Health - Check out this important information. The International Dark-Sky Association provides this a lots of other great information, please visit their site and spread the word.
Need Less Campaign - This campaign provides great information and help with Light Pollution take a look and help.