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FAS Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday February 29th
Update 2/28: We are a GO for our public observation at Pilot Mountain State Park, this Saturday, February 29th. Observations will begin shortly after sunset. Sunset is at 6:17pm, astronomical twilight ends around 7:45pm,the Moon (32%) and Venus will be visible early, moonset is at 11:54pm. The weather forecast looks to be very good, but cold. Clear…
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February 2020 FAS Meeting
Wednesday February 12th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Club member Bruce Mellin will be giving the presentation entitled: Imperfect Time – A History of Mismatched Units of Time Measuring the passage of time has become more complicated as civilizations required greater precision from timekeeping…
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FAS Observation at Kaleideum North Saturday 2/1
Update 1/31: We are a GO for tomorrow nights observation at Kaleideum North. The current forecast is calling for AM rain, followed by clearing skies around sunset. Clear to partly cloudy skies, with temperatures around 50 at sunset, falling to the mid to low 40’s by the end, NW winds around 6 mph. Saturday February 1st…
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Camper Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 1/18
Update 1/17: The public observation scheduled at Stone Mountain State Park for Saturday, January 18th, is cancelled. The weather forecast is cold, clouds, and rain. An unfortunate start to the year. Our next public observation event scheduled for February 1st at Kaleideum North. Our next Stone Mountain State Park event is on Saturday, February 22nd.…
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January 2020 FAS Meeting
The first meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society for the 2020 observing season will be on Wednesday January 8th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North. The presentation topic this month will be a viewing and discussion of an episode of the BBC’s Sky at Night entitled “Alien Worlds.” The show travels to the UK Astronomy Technology…
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