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  • Owen Gingerich

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 8. Astronomer Owen Gingerich passed away on May 28, 2023 at the age of 93. With his passing, we lost one of the top scholars devoted to the history of astronomy and someone who almost kept Pluto as a planet.

  • July 2023 Meeting – Wednesday July 12

    Please join us for the July 12, 2023 meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks), 400 West Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, NC. FAS member Sean Wood will tell us about astrophotography that can be done with only your smartphone.“Have you ever wanted to capture that beautiful…

  • That’s a wrap! Solar Observation at Central Library 2023

    FAS brought our solar observing equipment out to the Forsyth County Central Library. Click here to learn more about solar observing:

  • 2023 Supermoons

    According to the folks at EarthSky (and they checked with Fred Espenak, formerly of NASA) there will be four successive Supermoons this year on July 2-3, August 1, August 30-31, and September 28-29.

  • Asteroid Day – Friday, June 30, 2023

    66 million years ago, asteroid day wasn’t much fun for the dinosaurs. Just recently, there was another article about an asteroid having a close encounter with the Earth. Despite these warnings, the odds of one hitting us is very low. However, if you’re worried (or even if you’re not), Friday, June 30, 2023 is Asteroid…

  • Public solar observation at Central Library on July 8

    On Saturday, July 8, Forsyth Astronomical Society will host a public solar observation on the front lawn of Forsyth County Central Library. Solar telescopes will be available to safely view the Sun and solar activity such as sunspots and solar flares. The event will run from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM and is free and…

  • The Solar System

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 7. We live in a solar system. So, just what is it? It is a star and all the objects and material that are gravitationally bound to the star. Until recently, the only example we knew of was our local group of planets orbiting the Sun. In 1995, Michel…

  • The Multiverse

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 6. This is part 5 of a 5-part series on the Universe (The Visible Universe, The Dark Universe, The Expanding Universe, The Microscopic Universe, and The Multiverse). Define the Universe and give five examples. Many years ago, this would be a joke, but today maybe not. Recently, astronomers have…

  • June 2023 Meeting – Wednesday June 14

    Please join us for the June 14, 2023 meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks), 400 West Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, NC. The topic will be EXOPLANETS – those planets orbiting other stars. The program starts at 7:30 pm. The Society’s business meeting will take place…