Events

  • Quick Event List

      Date Event Location Saturday, April 5 NC Statewide Star Party Yadkin County Park Saturday, April 12 Star Party at SciWorks [8 – 10:30 pm] SciWorks Saturday, April 19 Public Observation for Campers Stone Mountain State Park Saturday, April 19 Planetarium Laser Show [6 pm] SciWorks Saturday, May 10 Public Observation for Campers (Spring National…

  • Pilot Mountain Tonight – March 1, 2014

    Just a quick reminder that FAS will be on the top of Pilot Mountain State Park, NC. tonight. The forecast is for cloudy skies during the day, but clearing by evening. So let’s hope for the best. But keep watching your email just in case the situation changes. Remember that it is always colder (and…

  • PIlot Mountain this Saturday

    Hi FAS people: After missing last weekend (and, alas, a very nice clear sky last Saturday night), we are trying again for our public observation at Pilot Mountain this Saturday, March 1.  The current forecast is tricky.  It calls for cloudy skies most of the day Saturday, but clearing by the evening.  Obviously, this can…

  • Tri-Star at GTCC March 1, 2014

    Sears Applied Technologies Center Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC Saturday 1 March 2014 Pre-TriStar Shapley Lecture by Western Kentucky Univ. Astronomer Gordon Emslie Friday, 28 February, 7:00 p.m. More information.    The Triad Starfest, *Tri*Star* for short, is a gathering of astronomers of all types, from novice to professional, for a full day of…

  • Pilot Mountain – Observation – March 1, 2014

    The observation will be March 1, 2014 not the February date posted before. Check back as we post possible cool objects to see. Come join Forsyth Astronomical Society at Pilot Mountain State Park for an evening of view the night sky, it is a great time of the year for viewing the wonder of the…

  • BobFest 2014 – Cleveland County Astronomical Society

    Regional Meeting of Amateur Astronomers 2014 aka “BoBfest” Date: Saturday Jan, 25th, 2014 Time: 8 am to 5 pm. Location: Tucker Student Center at Gardner-Webb University.

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  • Pilot Mountain Observation – Cancelled

    Hi FAS people: If you’ve been following the weather, you won’t be surprised that our public observation at Pilot Mountain this Saturday has been cancelled. There won’t be any rain/snow dates for this event, but we will be scheduling another date in early March. Also, remember that our annual holiday celebration will be this Tuesday,…

  • Astronomy Lecture at GTCC – 6 December

    Swift and the Hunt for Gamma Ray Bursts Dirk Grupe, Penn State University Friday, 6 December, 7:00 p.m., Auditorium, Sears Applied Technologies Center, GTCC The talk is in the Applied Technologies building at GTCC (the site of TriStar) – building 25 on this campus map. http://www.gtcc.edu/media/10954/jamestowncampusmap.pdf About the talk: Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the…