Topic: Sextants and Celestial Navigation
Speaker: Jim Spalding

How to find your location anywhere without GPS. The presentation will include a brief history and practical examples.

As usual, after the meeting members and visitors have the option to meet up at the Northcrest Pizza Hut. This will also be a good time for volunteers to run through planning for the Observatory Open House this coming Saturday, July 20. See you there!

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.

Topic: Really Cool Stars
Speaker: Dick Evans, FWAS member
This program is about stars that didn't quite make it! When stars form, often in clusters, some are very large, some are regular size and some are so small they can't even fuse hydrogen into helium. 

***This month’s meeting will be held at the Snyder Academic Center (Room 168) on Indiana Tech’s campus following the 6:30 screening of “Chasing the Moon.” Click here for a campus map.***

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.

With the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon coming up this July, Fort Wayne’s PBS39 will soon be airing a new three-part documentary about the space race, “Chasing the Moon.” On Tuesday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m. PBS39 will be hosting a preview screening at Indiana Tech in the Multi-Flex Theater in the Snyder Academic Center. 

Admission is free and the screening is open to the public – bring along family and friends.  Seating is first come, first served.

The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society will hold their monthly meeting in Room 168 of the Snyder Academic Center right after the screening.

Be sure to tune in to PBS39 each evening July 8-10 for the broadcast premiere of the full three-part documentary.

Topic: Arizona Skies
Speaker: Ron Williams

Longtime member Ron Williams will describe his trip to his friend’s home near Tuscon, Arizona, last month where he observed the sky from a backyard observatory. Ron has proposed that a group of us might plan for a similar trip to view the sky and tour the observatories in the area.

In addition to the meeting topic, there will be a short business meeting for election of FWAS board members.

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.

Topic: Sharing the Universe: Tips for Getting Started with Outreach
Speaker: Laura AInslie

Join us as Laura describes the opportunities afforded to you as a member of the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society.

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.

Topic: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Speaker: Laura Ainslie

Join us for a discussion on the definitive chart that classifies all of the stars in the sky.

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.

Topic: The Antikythera Mechanism
Speaker: Jon Thomas
In 1901 an ancient scientific instrument was discovered off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. Only recently has the mechanism been studied in detail to reveal its incredible workings. More than 2000 years old, the geared mechanism could show and predict the motion of the Sun and Moon among the stars, including lunar phases and eclipses. Discover the extraordinary knowledge of the universe possessed by ancient Greek astronomers and how they incorporated that knowledge into the mechanism. 

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.

Topic: Big Telescopes & Aperture Fever
Speaker: Dick Evans

FWAS monthly meetings occur the third Tuesday of each month. These meetings are free and open to the public.