exoplanets

  • Exoplanets

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 23. Prior to 1992, the number of known planets was small; there were nine. Yes, nine. It was easy to memorize their names using the mnemonic “My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.” Then everything changed and Pluto had nothing to do with it. Astronomers began to…

  • January 2020 FAS Meeting

    The first meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society for the 2020 observing season will be on Wednesday January 8th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North. The presentation topic this month will be a viewing and discussion of an episode of the BBC’s Sky at Night entitled “Alien Worlds.” The show travels to the UK Astronomy Technology…

  • May 2017 FAS Meeting

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society will host their next monthly meeting on May 23rd at 7:30 PM at Kaleideum (formerly Sciworks) in Winston-Salem. The program this month will be by Joseph Holmes, a recent graduate of Guilford College, rising graduate student at Appalachian State University and long-time volunteer at GTCC’s Cline Observatory. Joseph will be speaking…

  • July 2014 FAS Meeting

    The monthly meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society is this Tuesday night at 7:30 at SciWorks. The program will be “Finding Exo-planets Using Pulsating Stars” presented by Dr. Brad Barlow of High Point University. Be there… David Morgan FAS President