Fort Wayne Astronomical Society

Fort Wayne
Astronomical
Society

Hello from your local group of space enthusiasts.

Fort Wayne Astronomical Society is a non-profit (501c3) organization founded in 1959. Our mission is to support amateur observing and public education in astronomy and related sciences.

Our volunteers operate Star*Quest Observatory, located in Jefferson Township Park, New Haven (20 minutes east of downtown Fort Wayne, IN).

Our Newsletter

Check out our newsletter The Eyepiece to see what we’re up to this month.

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Announcements

Featured

Feb 15, 2024

Total Solar Eclipse at Star*Quest Observatory

Feb 15, 2024

Mar 30, 2022

Membership dues reminder

Mar 30, 2022

Feb 28, 2022

New Vice President

Feb 28, 2022

Monthly Meetings

We get together on the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. for astronomy-related meetings. Monthly meetings are free and open to the public.

Saturday Night Stargazing

All are welcome to visit Star*Quest Observatory for stargazing on clear Saturday nights April through November.

Deep Sky nights

These nights at the observatory are reserved for FWAS members and occur on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

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CAPTURING THE COSMOS

These are some of the latest images taken by Fort Wayne Astronomical Society members:

Dumbbell M27 Peter Hess

8" f/4, ZWO533MC pro, 40x20sec

Trifid M20 Peter Hess

8" f/4, ZWO533MC pro, 40x20sec

Sun - Kent Redman

230525 Afocal iPhone 7, 1/1259 sec.

SN 2023ixf - Bill Kneedham

M101 230521 AA26C 7x120sec

SN 2023ixf - Phil Hudson, Gene Stringer

230521, Supernova in M101. 12" f/8, 33x30sec, Canon SL1, Star Analyzer 100, ISO 1600

SN 2023ixf M101 - Bill Rujevcan

230521, Supernova in M101 taken with eVscope2.

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