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  • Young Astronomers Newsletter August 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 8 August 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Update on New Horizons and JUNO missions.  New Horizons is now well beyond Pluto and NASA has already identified its next Kuiper Belt object for exploration. JUNO…

  • July 2016 FAS Meeting

    This month’s meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be on July 26th at 7:30pm at Sciworks. The presentation will be given by club VP Priscilla Ivester on the “Harvard Computers”, an often overlooked group of gifted female mathematicians who did the majority of the astronomical calculations for the predominately male dominated field. These ladies’ contributions and skill…

  • Lock In Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday July 9th

    Update 7/8:  The event this weekend is a GO!!! There will be no solar observing in the afternoon before this event due to the sun’s activity being relatively quiet right now. The sun will be setting at about 8:45 pm. Hope to see you there.    This Saturday July 9th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter July 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 7 July 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Description of NASA’s JUNO mission to Jupiter, which reaches its destination on July 1. Article describes JUNO’s objectives and its timetable of study of the gas giant.…

  • June 2016 FAS Meeting

    This month’s meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be on June 28th at 7:30pm at Sciworks. The presentation will be given by club President David Morgan on the topic of Ice Halos. Come join us in learning about these beautiful and fascinating atmospheric occurrences. Following the presentation portion we will have a brief business meeting…

  • Public Observation at Sciworks on Saturday June 11

    Update 6/10: It looks like we are finally getting the weather to cooperate. Tomorrow evening’s observation for Sciworks is a resounding GO!!!. Come on out and enjoy an evening under the stars. With VERY mild conditions, almost summer like, you can defiantly forget the jackets but be sure to bring the bug spray. Hope to…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter June 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 6 June 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Summary of what we know about Planet Nine.  Article by Michael Brown of Caltech in Astronomy magazine. New concept about the location of the Milky Way in…

  • Pilot Mountain Observation in Celebration of the NC Parks System 100 Year Anniversary

    Update 6/3: Due to expected late day/ early evening thunderstorms the observations at Pilot Mountain State Park and Stone Mountain State Park have been canceled. We can not catch a break folks. Hopefully conditions will be better for next weekend’s scheduled public observation at Sciworks. More info to come early next week for this event. Come join the Forsyth Astronomical…

  • Camper stargazing at Stone Mountain State Park, May 28 2016

      Update 5/27: Due to unfavorable weather conditions the observation at Stone Mountain State Park has been canceled. Next weekend we have another observation scheduled here and at Pilot Mountain State Park also to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the state parks system. More details on these events to come. This Saturday evening, May 28th, the Forsyth…