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  • 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…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter April 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 4 April 2016 By Bob Patsiga

  • Science and Religion Lecture with Dr. John Barrow: “Our Place in the Universe”, Tuesday March 29

    Dr. John Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Wake Forest University’s Porter Byrum Welcome Center. This event is free and open to the public. It should be a fascinating topic.…

  • March 2016 FAS Meeting

    The next meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be held on Tuesday March 22. The program this month is a video presentation and discussion of the program The Night Sky. This episode will cover the results and findings of the recent New Horizons mission to Pluto. The Meeting will begin at 7:30 PM at Sciworks. An…