Club

  • 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…

  • July 2014 FAS Meeting

    The monthly meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society is this Tuesday night at 7:30 at SciWorks. The program will be “Finding Exo-planets Using Pulsating Stars” presented by Dr. Brad Barlow of High Point University. Be there… David Morgan FAS President

  • June 2014 FAS Meeting

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society meets tonight at SciWorks at 7:30. There will be a planetarium program. David Morgan FAS President

  • Bullington Tonight? (members only)

    Hi FAS people: Tonight is our scheduled club observation night at Bullington, but the forecasts are mixed. The Sky Clock is relatively optimistic, but other weather forecasts are calling for partly cloudy skies. With that in mind, you should check the skies in the late afternoon and make you own best judgment. If the skies…

  • May 2014 FAS Meeting

    What is a Dwarf Planet, how many are there and what did happen to poor Pluto?