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  • Rosetta Comet Landing Nov 12

    Mission Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta’s Philae…

  • Pilot Mountain Public Observation November 15, 2014

    Join FAS for an evening of viewing the sky above. Where: Pilot Mountain State Park, North Carolina  When: November 15, 2014 Time: sunset is at 5:13 PM FAS members will be gathering before Sunset, setting up their telescopes and other equipment. The public is welcome to join in and view the night sky.  Weather permitting…

  • The Young Astronomers Newsletter November 2014

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 22 Number 12 November 2014 By Art Gormley

  • One week, one giant sunspot, six massive solar flares

    Check out this report – One week, one giant sunspot, six massive solar flares with more information at Space Weather. Marcia

  • October 2014 FAS Meeting

    Join Forsyth Astronomical Society (FAS) for our monthly meeting 7:30PM, October 28, 2014 at SciWork in Winston-Salem NC. Paul Jones will give a talk on planetary imaging and should have a good deal of information about this exciting art form of Astronomy.     There will be a short business meeting after the talk. Upcoming…

  • North Carolina Milky Way

    This was take by John Leyendecker sent at Doughton Park on 10-24-14. Nice night!

  • Partial Solar Eclipse Report – Oct 23, 2014

    Forsyth Astronomical Society held a public outreach at Pilot Mt. State Park, NC to view the partial solar eclipse on October 23, 2014. About 250 people traveled to the parking lot at the top of the knob to view one of the wonders of our solar system. Ten club members setup six solar observing scopes,…

  • Watch Earth roll by live in HD, streamed from the ISS

    Click to watch – “The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment places four commercially available HD cameras on the exterior of the space station and uses them to stream live video of Earth for viewing online.  The cameras are enclosed in a temperature specific housing and are exposed to the harsh radiation of space.  Analysis…

  • Club Observation (members only)

    Hi FAS folks: This is not a formal club observation weekend, but the forecast is promising, so I’m planning to head up to Bullington tomorrow night {Saturday, 18 Oct.} If the forecast changes, I’ll let you know. Steve C. sunset: 6:40 PM astronomical twilight: 8:05 moonrise: 2:30 AM