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  • Young Astronomers Newsletter September 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 9 September 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Updates on the Jupiter Juno mission Issues with the Kepler Space Telescope leads to a reassignment of study targets Discrepancies within the Hubble constant used to calculate…

  • August 2016 FAS Meeting

    The August meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday night, August 23rd, at 7:30 pm at SciWorks. This month’s program will be presented by club member Bruce Mellin and is titled: “Measuring Light”. Following the presentation portion we will have a brief business meeting and as always there will be an informal social…

  • Stone Mountain camper observation August 6

    Our scheduled observation at Stone Mountain State Park for tomorrow night, August 6th, has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Our next outreach opportunity will be another observation at Stone Mountain on September 10th, weather permitting.  There are several upcoming astronomical events happening this month so stay tuned here or the club’s Face Book page…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter August 2016

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 8 August 2016 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Update on New Horizons and JUNO missions.  New Horizons is now well beyond Pluto and NASA has already identified its next Kuiper Belt object for exploration. JUNO…

  • 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.…

  • June 2016 FAS Meeting

    This month’s meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be on June 28th at 7:30pm at Sciworks. The presentation will be given by club President David Morgan on the topic of Ice Halos. Come join us in learning about these beautiful and fascinating atmospheric occurrences. Following the presentation portion we will have a brief business meeting…

  • Public Observation at Sciworks on Saturday June 11

    Update 6/10: It looks like we are finally getting the weather to cooperate. Tomorrow evening’s observation for Sciworks is a resounding GO!!!. Come on out and enjoy an evening under the stars. With VERY mild conditions, almost summer like, you can defiantly forget the jackets but be sure to bring the bug spray. Hope to…