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  • Young Astronomers Newsletter June 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 6 June 2019   By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: European Space Agency’s GAIA spacecraft has discovered three asteroids which are puzzling astronomers. The gold, silver and other heavy elements that we find on Earth are proposed to beformed during the…

  • May 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday May 8th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The program for this month’s meeting will be given by Dr. Brad Barlow, Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at High Point University, titled: “Exploring the Impact of Substellar Objects on Late Stellar Evolution.” A description of this…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter May 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 5 May 2019     By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Planetary scientists are trying to determine the origin of methane that has been detected in the atmosphere of Mars. Astronomers use the mechanics of star revolutions in binary systems to…

  • Camper Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 4/27

    Update 4/26: we are a GO for tomorrow night’s observation. The conditions won’t be optimal, but with it being the last observation for the spring/summer at this locale we can play peekaboo through some clouds if need be. Hope to see you there. Saturday April 27th the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation at…

  • Observations For Kaleideum and Pilot Mountain 4/12 and 4/13

    Update 4/13: It seems like mother nature is throwing us a curve ball for this evenings event. The window of clearing we were seeing for the last couple days in the weather models is no longer there.  The plan as it stands is the coordinate with our ranger liaison at the park and assess the…

  • April 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday April 10th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The program for the FAS April meeting will be given by club member Steve Childers, titled: Johannes Kepler and the Intersection of Astronomy, Religion and Witchcraft. The German astronomer Johannes Kepler is best known for discovering that the planets orbit…

  • Upcoming Events of Interest to the FAS and Friends

    A couple of events that might be of interest to FAS members and friends. For more details click the links with each event. April 12, 2019, 7:00 pm The Stellar Society Lecture (free) “Our Sun: Then, Now, and What Might Be” Featuring Dr. Alicia Aarnio, UNC-Greensboro GTCC, Jamestown, NC Koury Hospitality Careers Center Auditorium https://www.gtcc.edu/community-engagement/cline-observatory/special-lectures-and-events/stellar-society-lecture.php…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter April 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 4 April 2019   By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The privately run Space X program has sent the Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station with a load of supplies. The capsule was returned safely back to Earth. The…

  • Camper Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 3/30

    Update 3/29: We are a GO for our observation at Stone Mountain Sate Park!!!!! The conditions won’t be optimal but, we should be able to show you some nice night sky wonders.     Saturday March 30th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation at Stone Mountain State Park in the family camping area.…