FAS Monthly Meeting

  • July 2021 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday July 14th, 7:30 pm, in the planetarium of Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The program will be presented by our own Bruce Gavett. The program is titled The Road to the Moon: Apollo, the Final Steps. Bruce will review the Apollo program and the final steps taking…

  • FAS Takes Steps to Help Stem the Spread of Covid-19 Virus

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society has been closely following the recent outbreaks of Covid-19 in NC to determine the actions the FAS should take concerning our public outreach and gatherings. With the recent declarations of state of emergency on the national and state level and with both federal and state level health officials suggesting cessation of…

  • March 2020 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday March 11th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Guest speaker Thomas Hefner will be giving the presentation on Johannes Kepler. Thomas has been a member of the Greensboro Astronomy Club for the past decade. Currently Thomas teaches science at the Middle College at UNCG…

  • February 2020 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday February 12th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Club member Bruce Mellin will be giving the presentation entitled: Imperfect Time – A History of Mismatched Units of Time Measuring the passage of time has become more complicated as civilizations required greater precision from timekeeping…

  • 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…

  • December 2019 FAS Meeting

    There will be no meeting for this month. In its stead we will have our annual holiday covered dish and club history presentation. The shindig will be in the Kaleideum North cafeteria on Dec. 11 at 7:30pm.  Bring something tasty to share. Come enjoy the camaraderie of the occasion and possibly learn about the founding…

  • November 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday November 13th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The presentation topic this month will be given by club member Bruce Mellin about the recent Mercury transit. Bruce’s synopsis: “Observing Mercury and Venus is difficult from our platform on the Earth. Both planets were visible…

  • October 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday October 9th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The presentation topic this month is given by club member Bruce Gavett and is entitled: Follow the Road to the Moon – Part II (Gemini) After the initial steps into space, and before the Apollo program…

  • September 2019 FAS Meeting

    Wednesday September 11th, 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The presentation topic this month is given by Jonathan Ward, NASA Solar System Ambassador from Greensboro. He successfully ran a complete 110 for 110 Messier Marathon this past March and imaged every one of the M…