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  • 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…

  • May 2016 FAS Meeting

    This month’s meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be on May the 24th at 7:30pm at Sciworks. Following the presentation portion we will have a brief business meeting. The presentation will be a video and discussion on the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient astronomical calculator. Click the picture below to learn more. As always there will be…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter May 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 5 May 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: * The last four of the heavy elements in the seventh row of the periodic table have been created/discovered. Now it is time to give them names. Possibilities have…

  • April 2016 FAS Meeting

    Come join the Forsyth Astronomical Society as we hold our monthly meeting on April 26 at 7:30 PM at Sciworks. Located at 400 West Hanes Mill Rd, Winston Salem. This month’s meeting will be presented by club member Justin Nichols. He will be presenting his 3rd and last part on his series covering planetarium equipment. This…

  • FAS’s Astronomical April

      Event Update 4/16: We are a GO for this evening’s observation at SciWorks in Winston-Salem. It’s looking to be mild conditions and clear skies. The moon and Jupiter will take center stage as a combination of urban conditions and the moon’s brightness will over power most deep sky objects. There will still be plenty…