Please join us for the October meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 14. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum – located at 120 West 3rd Street downtown in Winston-Salem, NC.
The program will be about the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) by FAS member Ralph James.
The Andromeda Galaxy is one of the two large spiral galaxies in the local group of galaxies – the other is the Milky Way. In fact, Andromeda may actually be larger than the Milky Way and contain more stars. Andromeda, at 2.5 million light years away, is also the farthest object we can see without the aid of telescopes or binoculars. There is evidence that Andromeda and the Milky Way will collide and merge some 4 to 5 billion years in the future creating a combined galaxy called Milkomeda. So, mark it on your calendar and be prepared to duck. In any event, please join us for an overview of the Milky Way’s neighbor in space – the Andromeda Galaxy.
You don’t have to be a member to attend. If you’re curious and have an interest in astronomy and the universe, come on out! Of course, you can come just for the donuts.
The doors to the building will open at 7:00 pm. The doors will reman locked. Someone will be there to let you in.
We will meet in the 1st floor La STEAM B room. Enter through the side entrance (Members and Group entrance on the left). 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.
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 in front of the building and on 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.
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