July 2016

  • 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.…