Club

  • 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?

  • Club Observation (members only)

    Hi FAS people: The forecast currently looks good for clear skies at our club members’ observation at Bullington this Saturday, April 26. April/May (and October) are usually the best times of the year for clear skies, so now is the time to dust off those optics and make your way out to Bullington (if you…

  • April 2014 FAS Meeting

    Fundamentals of Digital Single Lens Reflex Astrophotography

  • March 2014 FAS Meeting – election results

    Elections Tonight –  2014 Current Slate for Board of Directors 2014 Dave Morgan – President Stu Williams – Vice President Edgar Lopez – Treasurer Bruce Gavett – Secretary The voting is over and the above are the new FAS Board of Directors!

  • March 2014 FAS Meeting

    Hi FAS folks: Our next meeting will be tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25, at 7:30 PM at Sci-Works. This month’s program has been re-scheduled from our snowed-out January meeting. The program’s theme is Type 1a supernovas, presented by Brad Barlow, Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at High Point University. Type 1a supernovas are important tools for determining…