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  • Pilot Mount Observation and Telescope Workshop Saturday November 19th

    UPDATE 11/18: The weather call for tomorrow evening’s observation atop Pilot Mountain is in folks and we are a GO!!! Remember, the forecast is for cold and breezy please dress accordingly. Hope to see you there. Don’t forget our Telescope Workshop is tomorrow at sciworks also from 1-4 pm. This is a GREAT source of info…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter November 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 11 November 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The re-programmed WISE space telescope has a renewed mission as NEOWISE. How does its new mission affect you? The article “Cosmic Rays” in the November issue of…

  • SciWorks Observation Saturday October 8th

    UPDATE!!!!!: Due to adverse weather conditions the observation event for Sciworks on Oct 8th has been cancelled. Our next public events, our annual telescope buyers workshop and an Observation atop Pilot Mountain will be held on Nov 19. More details will come as the date nears.   Weather permitting the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter October 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 10 October 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses:  Juno’s first few days at Jupiter. Latest on New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond. Happenings with current and upcoming Mars missions. The end of the Rosetta…

  • Lock In Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday October 1st

    Update 10/1: The late afternoon solar observing will not be happening. The sun is currently in solar minimum and has little to no activity going on. The night sky portion is still happening. Hope to see you there. Update 9/30: We are a GO!!!!!! The weather looks quite favorable for tomorrow night. Hope to see you there.…

  • September 2016 FAS Meeting

    The September meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday night, September 27th, at 7:30 pm at SciWorks. This month’s program will be presented by club member Charles London, about his trip to Ireland and his visit to Lord Rosse’s “Leviathan of Parsontown”. Click the picture above for more info. Following the presentation…

  • Lock In Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday September 10th

    Update: We are a GO for the observation tomorrow evening!!!!! The weather forecast is for partly cloudy skies so we’ll take it.   This Saturday September 10th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have an observation in the camp ground of Stone Mountain State Park. This is primarily an event for the campers of the park but the public…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter September 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 9 September 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Updates on the Jupiter Juno mission Issues with the Kepler Space Telescope leads to a reassignment of study targets Discrepancies within the Hubble constant used to calculate…

  • August 2016 FAS Meeting

    The August meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday night, August 23rd, at 7:30 pm at SciWorks. This month’s program will be presented by club member Bruce Mellin and is titled: “Measuring Light”. Following the presentation portion we will have a brief business meeting and as always there will be an informal social…