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  • January 2013 FAS Meeting

    CANCELED DUE TO SNOW! The title of our January talk is a bit unusual. You might have thought twice about attending if the title read, “Discovery of an Under-luminous Type 1a Supernova Progenitor in Our Cosmic Backyard ”. Or, what if the talk was entitled, “A Zombie Star Lurking in Our Cosmic Backyard”. (These are…

  • The Young Astronomers Newsletter January 2014

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 22 Number 2 January 2014 By Art Gormley

  • Pictures from the Holiday Party

  • December 2013 Holiday Party

    Just a reminder the 2013 FAS Christmas party is tonight, bring a dish to share and join everyone for an evening of fun and laughs.

  • 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,…

  • The Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2013

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 22 Number 1 December 2013 By Art Gormley

  • 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…

  • Upcoming Events Nov 22-Dec 7 2013

    Hi FAS members, Mark your calendars! We have many requests to show new star gazers the night sky!! Pick one or more! Two are even on the same night! You can reply to me, or the contact person indicated (cc’d in this email) for more info. Date: Friday, November 22 (this Friday!) Event: 4th annual…

  • SciWorks & WS/FC Schools Parent Power Workshops

    SciWorks & WS/FC Schools Parent Power Workshops Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:30PM to 8:30PM  The weather has been cloudy most of the summer and your telescope, like mine, has been sitting around collecting dust.   The next public observation session is scheduled for Saturday December 7 at Pilot Mountain.  But, if you’d like to bring your…