Events

  • Observation at Stone Mountain State Park for Campers Saturday July 29

    This Saturday July 29th, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host an observation in the family camping area of Stone Mountain State Park. This is primarily an event for the campers of the park but the public is welcome to attend. This event used to be a lock in style event but recent park regulations allow…

  • Stone Mountain Observation 7/1 Cancelled

    The scheduled observation at Stone Mountain State Park for this Saturday July 1st has been cancelled due to weather conditions.  Our next scheduled public observation event is Saturday July 29th at Stone Mountain State park as well. A final weather call will be made the Friday before. Hopefully we will have better conditions then.  …

  • Last Minute Notice – Observation at Kaleideum North – Saturday June 3rd

    Sorry for the last-minute notification FAS folks and fans but there is a scheduled public observation at Kaleideum North, formerly Sciworks, this Saturday June 3rd. The weather is looking pretty good and it has been posted and promoted on the Kaleideum calendar, so we are a GO!   Sunset is at around 8:30 PM and…

  • Last Minute Date Change for Stone Mountain Observation – one day early!

      The FAS has an observation event at Stone Mountain State Park scheduled for tomorrow evening. That event has been canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. THIS evening though, looks to be almost prime conditions to observe. So, we have worked it out with our ranger liaison to have our event this evening instead. We…

  • 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…