planets

  • A Planetary Lineup 2025

    Last June, we told you about a Planetary lineup that occurred in the morning sky before sunrise. Now, the planets are back, but this time they are in the evening sky just after sunset! Go out, look to the south, and you might be able to spot four planets. There are actually six, however, you…

  • Reclassifying Pluto

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 18. Remember Pluto? Yes, Pluto. It was a planet for a long time. Then it wasn’t a planet (and many people were not happy). Pluto was discovered in 1930 and for many years was thought to be the only object in the distant reaches of the Solar System. That…

  • 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…