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We are the Central Florida Astronomical Society.

Discover the cosmos with us.

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About Us.

The Central Florida Astronomical Society, Inc. (CFAS) is a totally volunteer organization that is dedicated to bringing astronomy to the general public while providing a friendly family oriented organization to share our love of astronomy. CFAS Activities include monthly meetings featuring guest speakers, monthly observing sessions at several sites across Central Florida, members-only forums and social media, and public observing sessions when events of significant interest occur. If you’re looking for Orlando’s astronomy club, this is it!

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Membership Plans

Join our community of amateur astronomers and enthusiasts, or renew your membership for another year.
Standard

$40

Per Year

– Voting Privileges

– Use of a loaner telescope for one month

– Membership in The Astronomical League

– Use of our Central Florida observing sites

– Access to our private Facebook page and groups.io forum

– Includes family members

Patron

$55

Per Year

All standard membership benefits, plus:

– 3 month loaner telescope checkout

– Training for use of more advanced telescopes




Student

$15

Per Year

All standard membership benefits

For full-time students enrolled in a Central Florida school , university, or college.






New memberships are subject to a background check and board approval at our monthly board meetings.

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Outreach Requests

If you’d like to request an astronomy activity from CFAS, please use the form below or email outreach@cfs.org. We request that you guarantee at least 10 attendees and give us at least 14 days notice of the event.
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Officers & Board

CFAS is managed by an all-volunteer board of directors and officers.
Frank Kane

President
president@cfas.org

Derek Demeter

Vice President
vp@cfas.org

John Frank

Treasurer, Membership Chair
treasurer@cfas.org
membership@cfas.org

Denice Woody

Secretary
secretary@cfas.org

John Pinto

Board Member at Large
bmal2@cfas.org

Mark Pernal

Board Member at Large
bmal1@cfas.org

Chris Hunt

Loaner Program Chair
loaners@cfas.org

Frank Kane

Webmaster (interim)
webmaster@cfas.org

Tricia Smedley

Education Chair
education@cfas.org

Open position

Science Chair
science@cfas.org

Douglas Woods

Outreach Chair
outreach@cfas.org

Isabelle Chauffeton

Social Media/Events Chair
publicity@cfas.org

Derek Demeter

Observing Chair
observing@cfas.org