September 2024

  • Solar Observation at the Yadkinville Harvest Festival (Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM)

    FAS will hold a public solar observation at the Yadkinville Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Solar telescopes will be available to safely view the Sun and solar activity such as sunspots and solar flares. See here more information about the festival. Park in the Birch St. City Parking…

  • Comet C/2023 A3

    Don’t look now, but comet C/2023 A3 might just be coming our way. Just recently this comet, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was seen close to the Sun. It will reach perihelion – its closest approach to the Sun – on September 27. There is a chance – a chance – that it might be visible…

  • September 2024 FAS Meeting (Wednesday, September 11)

    Please join us for the September meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society at 7:30 on Wednesday, September 11. The meeting will be held at the new Kaleideum at 120 West 3rd Street downtown in Winston-Salem, NC. FAS member Ralph James will present an overview of Exoplanets and some of the latest discoveries. You don’t have…