FAS Public Observations and Outreach

  • Forsyth Astronomical Society’s Astronomical April

    The FAS has a hectic April in store for all of our friends and followers. We have four public observations scheduled at different venues, Kaleideum North (Sciworks), Yadkin County Park, Pilot Mountain State Park and Stone Mountain State Park. Most are being held in conjunction with the NC Science Festival and their Statewide Star Party…

  • Pilot Mountain Public Observation Saturday February 18th

    Update 2/24: We are a GO!!!! for our observation tomorrow evening. The weather forecast is calling for showers early tomorrow but clearing off by day’s end and clear skies tomorrow night. If the weather forecast changes abruptly or drastically we will make an emergency cancellation call, so check this page or the club’s Facebook page…

  • STEM Outreach Outreach and Public Observation ar Winston-Salem Christian School

    Update 1/19: We are a GO for this evening’s event at Winston-Salem Christian School. We will be set up at the opening of events at 6:30PM. The conditions are mixed with partly cloudy skies but we feel confident we can sneak in enough targets to keep folks occupied. Hope to see you there. The Forsyth Astronomical Society…

  • Our First Public Observation of the Year, January 7th at SciWorks

    Update 1/5: Due to the impending snowfall we have decided to err on the side of safety and cancel the SciWorks observation on January 7th. Our next public observation event will be on February 18th at Pilot Mountain. More details will be posted closer to that date. We’ll hope for better conditions. In the interim…

  • 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…

  • Pilot Mount Observation and Telescope Workshop Saturday November 19th

    UPDATE 11/18: The weather call for tomorrow evening’s observation atop Pilot Mountain is in folks and we are a GO!!! Remember, the forecast is for cold and breezy please dress accordingly. Hope to see you there. Don’t forget our Telescope Workshop is tomorrow at sciworks also from 1-4 pm. This is a GREAT source of info…

  • SciWorks Observation Saturday October 8th

    UPDATE!!!!!: Due to adverse weather conditions the observation event for Sciworks on Oct 8th has been cancelled. Our next public events, our annual telescope buyers workshop and an Observation atop Pilot Mountain will be held on Nov 19. More details will come as the date nears.   Weather permitting the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be…

  • Lock In Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday October 1st

    Update 10/1: The late afternoon solar observing will not be happening. The sun is currently in solar minimum and has little to no activity going on. The night sky portion is still happening. Hope to see you there. Update 9/30: We are a GO!!!!!! The weather looks quite favorable for tomorrow night. Hope to see you there.…

  • Lock In Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday September 10th

    Update: We are a GO for the observation tomorrow evening!!!!! The weather forecast is for partly cloudy skies so we’ll take it.   This Saturday September 10th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have an observation in the camp ground of Stone Mountain State Park. This is primarily an event for the campers of the park but the public…