Fort Wayne Astronomical Society, General Meeting Tuesday, May 15, 7:30pm, University of Saint Francis Schouweiler Planetarium.

Free public observing every clear Saturday night, April through November.

Program: A NOVA series: from the Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time.

June 5, 2012 transit of Venus. Safe public viewing sites, starting at 5:30 pm until sunset. Fort Wayne EAST: Jefferson Township Park. internet viewing until 9 pm at the New Haven Public Library. Fort Wayne WEST: University of Saint Francis, with internet viewing until after midnight.

The following are links: Next General Meeting. Newsletters. About our Society. Public and Group Observing. Want to Join? Our Favorite Links, Officers and Contacts, Clear Sky Clock, Star Charts, Member Library, Buying Your First Telescope. Star*Quest Donations, Night Sky Network. The MOO Group,

MAY Night Sky: Venus shines brightly in the west as May begins, but drops lower nightly as the month goes on, heading closer to the Sun for its June 5 transit. Saturn is visible all month as it moves from the southeast to the south to the west each night. Mars rises in the southwest and is in the west by midnight. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks around 4 a.m., May 5, during a full moon. New moon: May 20, and ECLIPSE of Sun starts at 8:22 PM as sun is setting and is 5° above the horizon. Sunset at 8:56 PM Fort Wayne time. Never look at the eclipsed Sun directly. Safe public observing of the eclipse will be available at the Jefferson Township Park observing site east of Fort Wayne and New Haven.