Latest News and Posts

  • March 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday March 13th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The program for the FAS March meeting is an episode of The Sky at Night that visits the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Australia. This observatory houses an experiment jointly developed by Arizona State University and MIT called…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter March 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 3 March 2019 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Exoplanet hunter TESS has begun surveying the southern hemisphere sky for planets orbiting stars. After 15 years of productive exploration, Mars rover Opportunity has been declared dead by NASA. The dust storm…

  • FAS Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday March 9th

      Update 3/8: The public observation scheduled for this Saturday, March 9th at Pilot Mountain State Park is cancelled due to poor weather, clouds and a chance of rain during the observation period. Our next scheduled events will be our regular monthly meeting on March 13th and a public observation at Stone Mountain State Park…

  • *TRI*STAR* 2019 March 2

    On March 2nd, GTCC/Cline Observatory will host its annual astronomy conference, The Triad Star Festival ( Tri-Star). This event is FREE and open to all with an interest in astronomy both novice and professional alike. This years opening pre-conference lecture is on Friday March 1st at 7:00 pm by: Stella Kafka, Director, AAVSO : Variable…

  • February 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday January 9th, 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 a video and discussion on an episode from The Sky at Night series entitled: “Telescope on a Plane!” This telescope, called SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is a…

  • Camper Observation at Stone Mountain State Park 2/9

    Update 2/8: We are a GO for the Stone Mountain observation. The weather forecast is for clouds pretty much all day but to begin clearing at dusk and improve during the time frame of our observation. It’s going to be cold though. The temperature will be in the mid 40’s at dusk and in the…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter February 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 2 February 2019 By Bob Patsiga         In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: China puts a lander and rover on the far side of the Moon. They try raising plants there too. NASA and Japan send probes to two…

  • Lunar Eclipse Observation at Kaleideum 1/20

    We are a GO the Lunar Eclipse observation at Kaleideum North this Sunday night, January 20th. We should be set up and ready for guests by 9 pm.  The weather forecast for Sunday calls for a warm rainy morning, with a strong cold front moving through around midday, with temperatures falling through the day to around 27-28 degrees by…

  • January 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday January 9th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The program for this month’s meeting is by FAS member Bruce Gavett and is entitled: It’s all about PLUTO (and a bit about Charon) (and don’t forget Ultima Thule!) Join us for the exploration of everyone’s…