Mars

  • Observing the Moon and Planets

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 14. Saturday, October 16, 2021, is International Observe the Moon Night, so this is a great time to go outside, look up, and do some observing. Many amateur astronomers begin their tour of the night sky by viewing the constellations. For more on this, see the Night Sky. Once…

  • Exploring Mars, Past and Present

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 2. Back in the 19th century there was a focus on the planet Mars. Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli studied the surface of Mars during the opposition of 1877 and believed he saw lines crossing the planet. He called them canali, which means channels. The term was later mis-translated as…

  • Water, Phosphine, and the possibility of life elsewhere in the Solar System

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 20. Although many have dreamed about life on other worlds, so far, life has only been found on the Earth. The search for life has gone down one avenue as new “exoplanets” are found and we get closer to finding a planet like the Earth orbiting another star. This…

  • Journey to a Red Planet

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 16. From time to time if you look up into the night sky, you might see an orangish/reddish object. This most likely is the planet Mars. As well-known as Mars is, it is not a great sight through a small telescope. A telescope with a relatively large aperture is…

  • 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…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter October 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 10 October 2019 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: India’s attempt to land the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on the moon. British and Canadian groups have detected water in the atmosphere of a distant planet. NASA has announced the go-ahead for planning a…

  • July 2018 FAS Meeting

    The July meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this coming Wednesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm at Kalideum North. Setting the theme for this month’s public observation of Mars during opposition, July 21st more details to come. The program will be from the BBC’s The Sky at Night series and is titled “Mars: Red and…

  • May 2018 FAS Meeting

    The May meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this coming Wednesday, May 9th at 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North. The program will be a planetarium program about the upcoming conjunction of Mars, by FAS Member Bruce Gavett. Following the presentation portion, we will have a brief business/planning meeting and as always, there will be an informal…

  • Ten Celestial Events for 2015

    Looking for things to view and have fun looking for, here are a few Ten Celestial Events for 2015, have fun looking up as there is a lot to see.