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  • May 2025 FAS Meeting (Wednesday, May 14)

    Please join us for the May meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society at 7:30 on Wednesday, May 14. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum – located at 120 West 3rd Street downtown in Winston-Salem, NC. The May program will be a telescope workshop. Members and non-members are encourage to come with questions about telescopes…

  • That’s a Wrap! North Carolina Statewide Star Party 2025

    Once again The Forsyth Astronomical Society participated in the North Carolina Statewide Star Party over two days on April 4 & 5. The star party is part of the month-long North Carolina Science Festival. FAS held four public activities. Much to our surprise, the weather cooperated and we had some clear skies. As a result,…

  • Public observation at Meadowview Magnet Middle School (Saturday, May 3)

    On Saturday, May 3, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host a free public astronomy observation at the Meadowview Magnet Middle School (MMMS) in Mount Airy. MMMS is a STEM Magnet School and the county’s Science Institute. The event runs from 9:00 to 11:00 PM. The school is located at 1282 McKinney Road, Mount Airy, NC 27030.…

  • CANCELLED – Public observation at Stone Mountain (Saturday, April 19)

    WEATHER UPDATE: The forecasts show clouds moving into the area just after sunset, so our public observation at Stone Mountain is canceled. On Saturday, April 19, 2025 the Forsyth Astronomical Society will host a public astronomy observation at Stone Mountain State Park. It should be dark enough to observe by 9:00 PM. This event is…

  • Venus: Evening to Morning Star

    On March 22, the planet Venus shifted from being an evening star to a morning star. For several weeks, Venus has been blazing in the evening sky. However, it slowly moved down toward the western horizon. Technically, it reached “inferior conjunction.” This is when it passed (almost) between the Sun and the Earth. Venus didn’t…

  • April 2025 FAS Meeting (Wednesday, April 9)

    Please join us for the April meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society at 7:30 on Wednesday, April 9. The meeting will be held at the new Kaleideum at 120 West 3rd Street downtown in Winston-Salem, NC. This month’s FAS presentation, “Europa and the New Goldilocks” will be presented by FAS member Steve Childers.   Europa,…

  • Public observation at Yadkin Memorial Park at Lake Hampton (Saturday, April 5)

    WEATHER UPDATE: This event will take place. On Saturday, April 5, the Forsyth Astronomical Society will hold a free public astronomy observation at Yadkin Memorial Park at Lake Hampton from 8:45 PM to 11:00 PM. This event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival’s Statewide Star Party. Telescopes will be set up in the…

  • Solar Observations for the Statewide Star Party (Friday April 4 and Saturday April 5)

    WEATHER UPDATE: The Surry Community College event will take place. WEATHER UPDATE: The Kaleideum and Forsyth County Central Library events will take place. Forsyth Astronomical Society will hold three free public solar observations on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5. These events are part of the North Carolina Science Festival’s Statewide Star Party. Solar…

  • Titan

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 33, Number 3. The outer Solar System covers a vast distance from Jupiter (at just under half a billion miles from the Sun) out to Neptune (at 2.8 billion miles). As interesting as the outer gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) and ice giants (Uranus and Neptune) are, it is the outer…