FAS monthly meeting

  • May 2018 FAS Meeting

    The May meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be this coming Wednesday, May 9th at 7:30 pm at Kaleideum North. The program will be a planetarium program about the upcoming conjunction of Mars, by FAS Member Bruce Gavett. Following the presentation portion, we will have a brief business/planning meeting and as always, there will be an informal…

  • April 2018 FAS Meeting

    The April meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be held this Wednesday, April 11th at 7:30 pm at Kaleidieum North. The program will be by FAS Member Bob Patsiga and will be a bio on one of the preeminent astronomers of the 20th century, Edwin Hubble Following the presentation portion, we will have a brief business/planning…

  • March 2018 FAS Meeting

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society Welcomes Dr. Don Ellison Department of Physics, North Carolina State University Where he will present: Nucleosynthesis: The Origin of the Elements Where do elements come from? How are they created? This question has vexed humanity for millennia, spawning ideas such alchemy. However, in the last 60 years science has been able…

  • February 2018 FAS Meeting

      Looking for a fun and informative something to do on your Valentine’s date? What better way to celebrate love than in your love of astronomy? Join the Forsyth Astronomical Society on Wednesday February 14 at 7:30 pm, for an out-of-this-world  adventure in the Planetarium at Kaleideum. Our planetarium liaison & club secretary Bruce Gavett will…

  • FAS Calendar of Events – 2018 posted; January 2018 FAS Meeting

      Here at the FAS, we want to extend a Happy New Year to our friends and followers. Our calendar for the 2018 season has been posted.  Most of our basic events are settled, but we still have to finalize the schedule for our Stone Mountain events before posting. There are a few changes we…

  • October 2017 FAS Meeting

      On October 24th the FAS will have its next regularly scheduled meeting at 7:30 pm in our usual conference room at Kaleideum North, 400 Museum Dr Winston Salem, NC. We will be hosting a video presentation entitled “Return to the Moon”, an episode from the BBC series The Sky at Night. A follow up…

  • September 2017 FAS Meeting – Show and Tell of Solar Eclipse

    The next meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society will be at Kaleideum North on Tuesday September 26th at 7:30 pm. This month’s program will be a show and tell format for members to share their media and experiences from last month’s solar eclipse. This will include images from our local events as well as those…

  • August 2017 FAS Meeting

    I hope everyone had the opportunity to safely enjoy the eclipse. From early reports of our planned events and from those members that went on their own personal excursions, everyone had a wonderful event. Our September meeting will be dedicated to sharing our experiences and any media collected. Our next monthly meeting will be on…

  • July 2017 FAS Meeting

    The Forsyth Astronomical Society will host their next monthly meeting on July 25th at 7:30 PM at Kaleideum (formerly Sciworks) in Winston-Salem. The program for this month is titled: The Eclipse: Science, History and Spirituality The presentation, by Roy Dorone, the society’s vice-president and associate professor of History at Winston-Salem State University, looks at some…