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  • Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday August 26: CANCELED

    This event has been canceled due to adverse weather.  This Saturday August 26th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation in the family camping area of Stone Mountain State Park. This is primarily an event for the campers of the park but the public is welcome to attend. This event used to be a…

  • August 2017 FAS Meeting

    I hope everyone had the opportunity to safely enjoy the eclipse. From early reports of our planned events and from those members that went on their own personal excursions, everyone had a wonderful event. Our September meeting will be dedicated to sharing our experiences and any media collected. Our next monthly meeting will be on…

  • I Hear There’s Something Celestially Special Happening this Month?

    Just in case you’ve missed it on the multitude of news and social media outlets, there will be a total solar eclipse happening on Monday August 21st. Due to it’s path, slightly south of Salem,OR to just north of Charleston,SC, the entire United States will be able view this eclipse in some degree depending on…

  • Public Eclipse Presentation at Elkin Public Library 8/7

    Monday August 7th at 6:30 PM in the Elkin Public Library the FAS will host an encore of their presentation about the upcoming solar eclipse entitled: The Eclipse: Science, History and Spirituality The presentation, by Roy Dorone, the society’s vice-president and associate professor of History at Winston-Salem State University, looks at some of the most scientifically…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter August 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 8 August 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: More information about the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21st. Scientists in Scotland are recreating the Mars environment in a lab and what their findings mean for potential…

  • Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday July 29

    This Saturday July 29th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation in the family camping area of Stone Mountain State Park. This is primarily an event for the campers of the park but the public is welcome to attend. This event used to be a lock in style event but recent park regulations allow…

  • July 2017 FAS Meeting

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society will host their next monthly meeting on July 25th at 7:30 PM at Kaleideum (formerly Sciworks) in Winston-Salem. The program for this month is titled: The Eclipse: Science, History and Spirituality The presentation, by Roy Dorone, the society’s vice-president and associate professor of History at Winston-Salem State University, looks at some…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter July 2017

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 7 July 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA’s plans to send a probe to our sun mid next year. A third detection of gravity waves by LIGO. New moons found orbiting our solar system’s largest…

  • Stone Mountain Observation 7/1 Cancelled

    The scheduled observation at Stone Mountain State Park for this Saturday July 1st has been cancelled due to weather conditions.  Our next scheduled public observation event is Saturday July 29th at Stone Mountain State park as well. A final weather call will be made the Friday before. Hopefully we will have better conditions then.  …