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  • February 2017 FAS Meeting

    The next monthly meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be held on February 28th at 7:30 PM at Sciworks in Winston salem. The presentation for the evening will be a video review of a PBS special on the history and discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope – Invisible Universe Revealed. Following the presentation portion…

  • Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday February 18th

    Update 2/24: We are a GO!!!! for our observation tomorrow evening. The weather forecast is calling for showers early tomorrow but clearing off by day’s end and clear skies tomorrow night. If the weather forecast changes abruptly or drastically we will make an emergency cancellation call, so check this page or the club’s Facebook page…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter February 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 2 February 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Some concerning developments with the ongoing Juno mission. Some interesting theories scientists are pursuing to help describe the early formation of the solar system. Developments at the…

  • January 2017 FAS Meeting

    This evening, at SciWorks in Winston Salem at 7:30 PM, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will hold its first meeting of the year. If you have ever been to one of our events and heard us call celestial objects out by an “M#” or you have possibly seen these labels on your own in researching our…

  • STEM Outreach Outreach and Public Observation ar Winston-Salem Christian School

    Update 1/19: We are a GO for this evening’s event at Winston-Salem Christian School. We will be set up at the opening of events at 6:30PM. The conditions are mixed with partly cloudy skies but we feel confident we can sneak in enough targets to keep folks occupied. Hope to see you there. The Forsyth Astronomical Society…

  • Our First Public Observation of the Year, January 7th at SciWorks

    Update 1/5: Due to the impending snowfall we have decided to err on the side of safety and cancel the SciWorks observation on January 7th. Our next public observation event will be on February 18th at Pilot Mountain. More details will be posted closer to that date. We’ll hope for better conditions. In the interim…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter January 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 1 January 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The upcoming total eclipse coming later this year and initial plans and preparations you may want to take to ensure enjoying this spectacle. Happenings with the ongoing…

  • FAS Calendar of Events – 2017 posted

    We have updated the 2017 events calendar with almost all public observation dates. We still have to settle the dates for the Stone Mountain State Park Camper Observations. If you use Google calendar you can add our calendar to yours by clicking the calendar widget, located on the right-side of this website (and post). As…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 12 December 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Now that we have finally received the massive amounts of data sent back to Earth collected in its passes near Pluto. What is NASA now doing with…