Meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month (unless otherwise noted) and start anywhere from 6pm* to 9pm* (times and location subject to changes throughout the year* due to sunset times - check our calendar for actual meeting times). Meetings last for one hour and are normally held at the Parkwood Hill HOA Club House - 5573 Eastwedge Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76137 MAP. Several times during the year meetings are held at special locations. These will be announced in advance on our main club calendar.

* (Start times change throughout the year due to the differing times of sunset and daylight savings see our calendar for up to date meeting times.)

It's free to the public, membership is not required to participate in the YA! meetings and the public is encouraged to come check us out! But in order to get the full benefits of the YA! experience, they will need to join the club officially!

With membership, the child will get the handbook, the official YA! member t-shirt, observing supplies to use at the telescopes (planisphere, red flashlights, etc.) as well as to earn several specially designed buttons (there are currently 30 different achievement buttons available to earn!) aimed at different skills and areas of knowledge that a good amateur astronomer will need to know! The buttons, which the kids wear on a lanyard, display the specific milestones and accomplishments each child has achieved. (Ownership of a telescope is not required to join!)

To become an official YA! member the child must officially join the main FWAS astronomy club at least at the $20 per year student membership rate (full family membership is just $40 per year - that includes the entire imediate household).

• significant discounts on popular astronomy magazines
• associate membership status in the international Astronomical League
• associate membership in NASA's Night Sky Network
• full use of our FWAS dark site located on a private nature preserve 70 miles North of Ft Worth in Montague County (great for earning those buttons!)
• use of the large aperture communal telescopes and eyepieces at the dark site (if they don't already own their own scope)
• invitations and inclusions to all club picnics, club star parties and club banquets
• as well as occasional special discounts to the Noble Planetarium at the Ft Worth Museum of Science and History
• ...not to mention the educational benefits of being a member of a scientifically, youth-oriented hobby, and community-centered club.

NOTE: Although there is no lower age limit, due to the scientific and technical subject matter, children under 9 years of age might not get much out of the information and experience. Generally we try to focus on making the information accessable to 4th graders and up, but we have some children in the group who are a bit younger.