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  • Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2018

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 12 December 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: A synopsis and updates for twenty-one of NASA’s recent and ongoing missions. How astrophysicists at the University of California at Santa Cruz are using the Hubble Space Telescope…

  • November 2018 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday November 14th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission, the program for the FAS November meeting is a documentary video entitled Earthrise, by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. This film combines archival footage and current-day interviews with the Apollo…

  • FAS Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday November 10th

    Update 11/9: We are a GO for the Pilot Mountain observation. The weather is forecast to be some of the clearest skies we have had for the observation in a couple of years now BUT the same front that is bringing those clear skies is also bringing MUCH cooler weather. The temperature for the surrounding…

  • FAS Annual Telescope Workshop Saturday November 10th

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society will host our annual Telescope Workshop at Kaleideum North in Winston-Salem on Saturday November 10th from 1 pm-4 pm. If you’ve been thinking of getting gear to get started in astronomy or you have gear but need experienced advice on how to better operate it, or are looking to upgrade, we have you covered. Come join…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter November 2018

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 11 November 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Updates on the JAXA mission to asteroid Ryugu. An interesting discovery revealed by the Cassini mission to Saturn. An exciting new dual mission to planet Mercury. An…

  • Camper Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 11/3

    Update 11/2: We are a GO for the observation. The forecast is calling for clear skies and mid 50’s falling to mid 40’s by the end of the observation. Dress warm and come on out and enjoy the night sky. Saturday November 3rd, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation at Stone Mountain State…

  • Camper Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 10/13

    Update October 13th: We are a Go for this evenings observation. Conditions aren’t perfect but they are the best we’ve had for an observation at this locale all year-long. Come on out and enjoy the night sky with us.   Saturday October 13th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation at Stone Mountain State…

  • October 2018 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday October 10th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. This month’s program we will be a presentation by Jonathan Ward, a NASA Solar System Ambassador from Greensboro. His talk is entitled “Spaced Out in Tucson: A virtual visit to Kitt Peak Observatory and the OSIRIS-REx control…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter October 2018

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 10 October 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Two research teams at the Large Hadron Collider have discovered bottom quarks, which are significant decay products of Higgs bosons. This represents filling in a major missing…