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  • An Introduction to Dinosaurs

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 12. As you look around, you might notice that there are no dinosaurs, or at least what we think of as dinosaurs. The dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years before disappearing some 66 million years ago.

  • WFDD Look Up and Listen on Saturday, October 21

    Most forecasts show clear or mostly clear skies Saturday night. Our event with WFDD at Hanging Rock State Park will take place. Forsyth Astronomical Society will provide an astronomy observation for WFDD’s Look Up and Listen event at Hanging Rock State Park on Saturday, October 21. The event runs from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM,…

  • Night sky viewing in North Carolina (WXII12)

    FAS was in the news! Check out WXII12’s “Night sky viewing in North Carolina, meteor showers in October, and is it a fireball or a UFO?” by Michelle Kennedy. As she notes, FAS has a resource page with information about the night sky, telescopes, and more.

  • CANCELED – Annular Solar Eclipse observation on October 14 at Kaleideum North

    Saturday’s forecast calls for rain ending midday with clouds persisting all afternoon. Our public eclipse observation at Kaleideum North is canceled. The Sun will go away for a short time. Okay, not completely. An annular eclipse will cross the country on Saturday, October 14. Unfortunately, Winston-Salem will not be in the direct path. However, we…

  • October 2023 Meeting – Wednesday October 11

    Please join us for the October 11, 2023 meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks), 400 West Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, NC. FAS Member Ken Lyons will tell us about solar observing and how to do it safely. The program starts at 7:30 pm. The Society’s…

  • Public Solar Observation at King Central Park on Saturday, September 30 from 10 AM to Noon

    The sky should be mostly clear Saturday morning. This event will take place as scheduled. FAS will hold a public solar observation at King Central Park (302 Kirby Road, King NC 27021) on Saturday, September 30, from 10 am to 12 Noon. Solar telescopes will be available to safely view the Sun and solar activity…

  • CANCELED – Public observation at Stone Mountain on Saturday, September 23

    Due to clouds and rain from the approaching coastal weather system, our public observation at Stone Mountain on September 23 is canceled. On Saturday, September 23, Forsyth Astronomical Society will host a public astronomy observation at Stone Mountain State Park. It should be dark enough to observe by 8:30 PM. The Moon and the planet…

  • Light Pollution in 2023

    The night sky is one of the most spectacular scenes in nature, if you can see it. Unfortunately, artificial light gets in the way. We call this Light Pollution. And it’s everywhere!

  • The Rise of the Vertebrates

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 11. The Earth’s history is described by geologic time, which is broken into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. The first three eons (Hadean, Archean, and Phanerozoic) are often combined into the Precambrian supereon. Today, we find ourselves in the Cenozoic era of the fourth (Phanerozoic) eon. However, as we…