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  • Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 12 December 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The politics of space flight. Congress issues warnings to NASA concerning it recent delay of the Space Launch System. A long-lasting supernova, iPTF14hls, discovered in 2014, is puzzling…

  • FAS Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday November 11th

      Update 11/17: It’s not looking like the weather will cooperate with us for tomorrow evening’s observation. We are canceling the event. We’re just as disappointed as you all are. This opportunity would have marked the end of our 2017 public observation season. Stay tuned to the website and Facebook for an announcement of when our 2018 calendar…

  • FAS Annual Telescope Workshop Saturday November 11th

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society will host our annual Telescope Workshop at Kaleideum North in Winston-Salem on Saturday November 11th 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 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 11 November 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: LIGO and its Italian counterpart VIRGO pick up some HUGE gravitational wave readings. Where did they come from and what did we learn from the detection? Interesting discoveries…

  • October 2017 FAS Meeting

      On October 24th the FAS will have its next regularly scheduled meeting at 7:30 pm in our usual conference room at Kaleideum North, 400 Museum Dr Winston Salem, NC. We will be hosting a video presentation entitled “Return to the Moon”, an episode from the BBC series The Sky at Night. A follow up…

  • Last Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for this Season 10/14

    Update 10/14: The weather prediction for this evening has changed dramatically over the last 12 hours or so and we have rescinded our cancellation for this evenings event, especially with it being our last event at this venue for the year. We are a GO folks!!! Come out and enjoy some dark sky wonders. Update…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter October 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 10 October 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: A close call with an upcoming asteroid. The dramatic demise of the Cassini Space Probe. Names the IAU are proposing for some of the detailed features found in…

  • 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…

  • Public Observation at Kaleideum North on Saturday September 23rd

    Update 9/22: We are a GO!!! The weather looks to be cooperating for a change. Come on out and enjoy an evening of learning about our night sky’s wonders. This Saturday September 23rd the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host a public observation event at our home base, Kaleideum North. Sunset is 7:16pm for Saturday. We will have…