Club

  • January 2015 FAS Meeting

    The January meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society is this Tuesday night at 7:30 at SciWorks. The program topic is Neutron Stars and will be presented by Bob Patsiga. I would like to thank all the members who attended Saturday night’s public observation at SciWorks. We had 105 visitors. It was a good event. Highlights…

  • December 2014 FAS Meeting – holiday party

    Join the Forsyth Astronomical Society at SciWorks on December 2nd at 7:30pm for our 2014 holiday gathering. This is a potluck get together with wonderful food prepared by members to share with each other. FAS will provide drinks, plates, napkin, and plastic ware. Steve will present his yearly club history review from the past up…

  • Club Observation Tonight (members only)

    Hi FAS folks: All week, the forecast for our club observation at Bullington tonight has been mediocre. But this morning, it has improved significantly, at least for early in the evening (there is a rain system coming in late tonight, which makes the overall forecast a bit tricky). So, for now, the observation is on.…

  • October 2014 FAS Meeting

    Join Forsyth Astronomical Society (FAS) for our monthly meeting 7:30PM, October 28, 2014 at SciWork in Winston-Salem NC. Paul Jones will give a talk on planetary imaging and should have a good deal of information about this exciting art form of Astronomy.     There will be a short business meeting after the talk. Upcoming…

  • Club Observation (members only)

    Hi FAS folks: This is not a formal club observation weekend, but the forecast is promising, so I’m planning to head up to Bullington tomorrow night {Saturday, 18 Oct.} If the forecast changes, I’ll let you know. Steve C. sunset: 6:40 PM astronomical twilight: 8:05 moonrise: 2:30 AM

  • Astro Photos from September 2014 Club Observation

    Joe took some great pictures using the club C11 telescope Saturday night. Joe posted them to Google+ below is one of them. Joe and other club members are going to be working on the C11 and the club observatory to improve it so other members can try there hand at Astrophotography!

  • September 2014 FAS Meeting

    The monthly meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society is this Tuesday night at 7:30 at SciWorks. We will have another planning meeting for the September 27th New Telescope Buyer’s clinic, before the regular monthly meeting, starting at 6:00 pm at SciWorks. The program will be by me and will be a discussion of the dark…

  • Club Observation Saturday Night (members only)

    There will be an FAS member observation Saturday Night, at our dark sky site.

  • August 2014 FAS Meeting

    The August meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society is next Tuesday night, August 26th at 7:30. The program is about solar observing and will be presented by Don Ehren. There will be a planning meeting for the Telescope buyer’s clinic prior to Tuesday’s meeting. This will start at 6:00. The clinic is to be held…