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  • Young Astronomers Newsletter June 2018

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 6 June 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA is testing a new power system that they hope can supply needs of bases on the moon or other planets. What’s the likelihood that an asteroid or…

  • 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…

  • FAS Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 5/5 CANCELLED

      Sorry for the late post on this event folks,but we have cancelled the camper observation event for tomorrow evening, May 5th , at Stone Mountain.  After a gorgeous full moon weekend last weekend and nice weather this past week, the weather just isn’t cooperating at all with our observation plans. Our next scheduled public…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter May 2018

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 5 May 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA is working diligently on the next rover to be sent to Mars in 2020. The descent stage is being assembled at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,…

  • Proposed Lighting Ordinance for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

      At the behest of the City-County Planning Board, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning and Development Services staff has drafted a proposed lighting ordinance. If adopted, this ordinance would address the issue of light trespass and to some degree  glare for NEW development and recreational use areas, such as ball fields. Before formal consideration by the Planning…

  • FAS Double Header Observations this Weekend, April 20th &21st

    Update 4/19:  We are a  GO for tomorrow evening’s event at Yadkin park. With conditions forecast to be clear and mid 50’s. You may want to have a jacket, especially for the little ones. Sunset is at around 8 pm and we’ll show you what we can as it becomes visible. The moon and Venus…

  • FAS Stone Mountain Observation for Saturday April 14th: Cancelled

      Sorry for the late post on this event folks but we have cancelled the event for tomorrow evening, April 14th, at Stone Mountain. The April weather just isn’t cooperating at all with our plans. We STILL have two more events planned next weekend hopefully at least one of those will pan out. Details concerning…

  • April 2018 FAS Meeting

    The April meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be held this Wednesday, April 11th at 7:30 pm at Kaleidieum North. The program will be by FAS Member Bob Patsiga and will be a bio on one of the preeminent astronomers of the 20th century, Edwin Hubble Following the presentation portion, we will have a brief business/planning…

  • FAS Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday April 7th

      Update 4/6: This Pilot Mountain Observation is CANCELLED. It’s hard to believe that we haven’t gotten a single observation at Pilot Mountain this membership year, but that appears to be the reality.  Tomorrow night’s forecast looks awful, with clouds, rain, and perhaps even some snow flurries up on the mountain.  So, we’re cancelled again, and unfortunately…