July 2024

  • The Forsyth Astronomical Society Needs You…

    With the opening of Kaleideum at its new downtown location, we have lost our primary urban observing site. Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks) is no longer available, and the downtown location, with its tall buildings and intense light pollution, is less than optimum for nighttime astronomical viewing. We’re asking the public for possible locations for our…

  • Atoms and Molecules

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 32, Number 7. We all were taught that things are made up of molecules, which, in turn, are made up of atoms. Atoms are composed of electrons (with a negative charge) and a nucleus, which contains protons (with a positive charge) and neutrons (with no charge). Electrons are thought to be…

  • ZWO Seestar S50/S30 Smart Telescopes

    Recently, at our April 2024 meeting, FAS member Dr. Bill Rankin gave a most interesting talk about the ZWO Seestar S50 telescope. Two days after Bill’s talk, the folks at BBC Sky at Night Magazine published a review of the Seestar S50. It is getting a lot of hype lately. So, we thought it would…

  • July 2024 FAS Meeting (Wednesday, July 10)

    Please join us for the July meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society on Wednesday, July 10. The meeting will be held at the new Kaleideum at 120 West 3rd Street downtown in Winston-Salem, NC. FAS member Steve Stultz will present an overview of The Sloan Digital Sky Survey. One of the world’s best observatories is…