solar eclipse

  • April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse (and Eclipse Safety)

    The last Solar Eclipse visible in the United States until August 2044 will cross the southern and eastern part of the country on Monday, April 8, 2024. Below is a handout with information about the eclipse and eclipse safety. You can also find information about eclipses, the April eclipse, and eclipse safety on our website.…

  • The Moon

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 3. On many nights when you look up into the night sky you can see a bright object known simply as the Moon. Twelve humans from the planet Earth have walked on the Moon, although none since 1972. Last year was the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, the flight…

  • August 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday August 14th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. We will have a three part program for this month’s meeting. The first portion will be a video from the BBC Sky at Night series that examines upcoming plans to return to the moon as a…

  • September 2017 FAS Meeting – Show and Tell of Solar Eclipse

    The next meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be at Kaleideum North on Tuesday September 26th at 7:30 pm. This month’s program will be a show and tell format for members to share their media and experiences from last month’s solar eclipse. This will include images from our local events as well as those…

  • I Hear There’s Something Celestially Special Happening this Month?

    Just in case you’ve missed it on the multitude of news and social media outlets, there will be a total solar eclipse happening on Monday August 21st. Due to it’s path, slightly south of Salem,OR to just north of Charleston,SC, the entire United States will be able view this eclipse in some degree depending on…

  • Public Eclipse Presentation at Elkin Public Library 8/7

    Monday August 7th at 6:30 PM in the Elkin Public Library the FAS will host an encore of their presentation about the upcoming solar eclipse entitled: The Eclipse: Science, History and Spirituality The presentation, by Roy Dorone, the society’s vice-president and associate professor of History at Winston-Salem State University, looks at some of the most scientifically…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter August 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 8 August 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: More information about the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21st. Scientists in Scotland are recreating the Mars environment in a lab and what their findings mean for potential…

  • July 2017 FAS Meeting

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society will host their next monthly meeting on July 25th at 7:30 PM at Kaleideum (formerly Sciworks) in Winston-Salem. The program for this month is titled: The Eclipse: Science, History and Spirituality The presentation, by Roy Dorone, the society’s vice-president and associate professor of History at Winston-Salem State University, looks at some…

  • Partial Solar Eclipse Report – Oct 23, 2014

    Forsyth Astronomical Society held a public outreach at Pilot Mt. State Park, NC to view the partial solar eclipse on October 23, 2014. About 250 people traveled to the parking lot at the top of the knob to view one of the wonders of our solar system. Ten club members setup six solar observing scopes,…