FAS Club Meetings

Everyone is invited to attend our monthly meeting; visitors are most welcome.

Current members look forward to helping newcomers any way they can. There may be debate about which scope configuration is the best or exactly how to get started, but all will agree that the views through our telescopes are out of this world. If you’re an old sky watcher just looking for an exchange of ideas, we will be more than happy to hear your stories and ideas.

The club does have many different activities, so come on out, take part, and add to the mix. Join the fun, fellowship, and the exchange of information about pointing expensive glass at the night sky.

FAS club meetings are held starting at 7:30 pm on the second Wednesday of each month at Kaleideum, 120 West 3rd St. at Town Run Lane in Winston-Salem. Doors open at 7:00 pm.

We typically meet on the first floor in the La STEAM B room. Enter through the left side entrance (Members and Group entrance). Go straight ahead into the meeting room. When leaving, go out through the same side door and make sure the door is closed tightly behind you.

Please DO NOT wander throughout the building – the exhibits are NOT open during our meetings.

There is no onsite parking, but after 5:00 PM and on weekends, all on-street parking is free (even with the new parking system downtown). The nearest on-street parking is on Third Street and Liberty Street. There are paid decks nearby, with the closest one being Liberty Plaza just south of the museum with entrances on Town Run Lane and Liberty Street. Here is a parking map of downtown.

Directions and Parking
Archive of Past Meetings

2026 Club Meetings

Date (Wednesday)Speaker(s)Topic
January 14Bruce Gavett & Steve ChildersSouthern Hemisphere Night Sky
February 11Steve ChildersHow the Moon Made the Earth
March 11Lewis WeinstockPlanetary Imaging
April 8Paul JonesStar Parties
May 13Sean WoodDwarf Mini Smart Telescope
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9Michael WhartonGreen Bank Telescope Remote Observing Workshop
October 14
November 11
December 9Steve ChildersFAS History

2025 Club Meetings

Date (Wednesday)Speaker(s)Topic
January 8Steve StultzRecap of AAVSO’s (American Association of Variable star observers) annual conference held last November 2024
February 12VariousTitan Video & Astrophotography from our members
March 12Bill RankinBill’s Observatory, Filters, Astrophotography Images
April 19Steve ChildersWater Worlds (Moons)
May 14VariousTelescope Workshop
June 11Ralph JamesUpdate on Saturn’s moon Titan
July 9Bruce GavettAll About Mars
August 13Lewis WeinstockA Personal Journey through Astrophotography
September 10Ralph JamesPluto and Beyond
October 8Bruce GavettVera C. Rubin, The Astronomer & An Observatory
November 12Bruce GavettKaleideum Digital Dome Presentation
December 4Steve ChildersFAS History

2024 Club Meetings

Date (Wednesday)Speaker(s)Topic
January 10Bruce GavettFAS Website
February 14Steve Childers, Joe Haberthier, and Paul JonesFAS C11 Telescope & proposed ASIAir device
March 13Steve Stultz & Tony GoebelAstro Physics 101
April 17Bill RankinSeeStar S50 Telescope
May 8VariousReports from the April Solar Eclipse
June 12Bruce DarlingEdward Emerson Barnard: Last of the Great Visual Astronomers and Pioneer of Astrophotography
July 10Steve StultzSolan Digital Sky Survey
August 14Andrea NicholsGalileo
September 11Ralph JamesUpdate on Exoplanets
October 9Bruce GavettKaleideum Digital Dome Demo
November 13VariousImages from the Auroras and Comet
December 11Steve ChildersFAS History