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  • Club Observation Saturday Night (members only)

    Hi FAS folks: Looks like promising skies for tomorrow’s (Saturday) club observation at Bullington. I am out of town, so I can’t be there and I won’t be able to provide a weather update. But I’ll cross my fingers for the rest of you. Clear skies! Steve C.

  • October 2013 FAS Meeting

    How far would you go to photograph the sky? One of our newest members, John Leyendecker, recently traveled to the Atacama desert in Chile with his son Michael, his binoculars, and his Canon EOS 60Da camera to observe and capture the wonders of the Southern Hemisphere sky. John will share the details of his trip…

  • Club Observation October 5 (members only)

    Hi FAS members: It must be Fall, because the sky forecast looks good for our club observation tomorrow night. If I can find my equipment under the cobwebs, I’ll be at Bullington to see if it’s still there. Steve C. Sunset 7:00 PM Astronomical twilight 8:25 Past Event!

  • 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…

  • 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!

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • July 2013 FAS Meeting

    Hi FAS folks: Although we are having the worst summer for observing in recent memory, our FAS meetings go on. Our next meeting will be this Tuesday, July 23, at Sci-Works at 7:30 PM. Our program will be presented by astrophysicist Rick Boozer on his research on the Magellanic Clouds. His research has involved some…