FAS Monthly Meeting

  • FAS Calendar of Events – 2017 posted

    We have updated the 2017 events calendar with almost all public observation dates. We still have to settle the dates for the Stone Mountain State Park Camper Observations. If you use Google calendar you can add our calendar to yours by clicking the calendar widget, located on the right-side of this website (and post). As…

  • September 2016 FAS Meeting

    The September meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday night, September 27th, at 7:30 pm at SciWorks. This month’s program will be presented by club member Charles London, about his trip to Ireland and his visit to Lord Rosse’s “Leviathan of Parsontown”. Click the picture above for more info. Following the presentation…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • May 2016 FAS Meeting

    This month’s meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be on May the 24th at 7:30pm at Sciworks. Following the presentation portion we will have a brief business meeting. The presentation will be a video and discussion on the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient astronomical calculator. Click the picture below to learn more. As always there will be…

  • April 2016 FAS Meeting

    Come join the Forsyth Astronomical Society as we hold our monthly meeting on April 26 at 7:30 PM at Sciworks. Located at 400 West Hanes Mill Rd, Winston Salem. This month’s meeting will be presented by club member Justin Nichols. He will be presenting his 3rd and last part on his series covering planetarium equipment. This…

  • March 2016 FAS Meeting

    The next meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be held on Tuesday March 22. The program this month is a video presentation and discussion of the program The Night Sky. This episode will cover the results and findings of the recent New Horizons mission to Pluto. The Meeting will begin at 7:30 PM at Sciworks. An…

  • February 2016 FAS Meeting

    If you have ever attended a planetarium show and wondered, “How does all that work?” Then this month’s meeting is for you. This month club member Justin Nichols will present part 2, History of Planetarium Projectors, of his 3 part series on planetarium projectors. The meeting will begin at 7:30 PM but, as usual, there is…