Dr. Robert “Bob” Patsiga

  • Happy New Year – changes coming soon

    With the new year, The Forsyth Astronomical Society will be changing the format of the Young Astronomers Newsletter. Rather than a publication published on a monthly basis, the newsletter will become a series of on-line articles. The articles will be posted to this location: https://www.fas37.org/wp/category/astronomy/youngastronews/ We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 12 December 2019 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Three separate international space agencies are planning on sending missions to Mars next summer. Asteroid Hygiea may have all the right characteristics to be classified as a dwarf planet. The unique…

  • April 2018 FAS Meeting

    The April meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be held this Wednesday, April 11th at 7:30 pm at Kaleidieum North. The program will be by FAS Member Bob Patsiga and will be a bio on one of the preeminent astronomers of the 20th century, Edwin Hubble Following the presentation portion, we will have a brief business/planning…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2015

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 23 Number 13 December 2015 By Bob Patsiga       We would like to welcome Bob Patsiga in his debut as the new editor of the Young Astronomers Newsletter. Thank you Bob, for taking on this mantle. I am sure we’ll see lots of good…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter November 2015

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 23 Number 12 November 2015 By Art Gormley       An end of an era is marked by this edition of the Young Astronomers Newsletter. This will be the last edition by Art Gormley. Art had faithfully and diligently served in creating this wonderful resource…

  • Astronomical education opportunity

    Club member Bob Patsiga in association with Forsyth Tech will be offering an evening non-credit course on astronomy to be held in the Sciworks planetarium starting Sept 10. Course description and details: The course will broadly cover the history of astronomy, descriptions of the various types of telescopes, the constellations, the solar system, and objects…

  • January 2015 FAS Meeting

    The January meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society is this Tuesday night at 7:30 at SciWorks. The program topic is Neutron Stars and will be presented by Bob Patsiga. I would like to thank all the members who attended Saturday night’s public observation at SciWorks. We had 105 visitors. It was a good event. Highlights…