Eclipse begins at 1:54pm and ends at 4:25pm

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Spectroscopy

Speaker: Tom Field
Location: PFW campus, Walb Student Union room 114

Speaker Bio: Tom Field was a Contributing Editor at Sky & Telescope Magazine from 2011 to 2021. He is the author of the RSpec software (rspec-astro.com) which received the S&T “Hot Product” award. Tom is a popular speaker who has spoken to hundreds of clubs via the web and in-person at many conferences, including NEAF, the NEAF Imaging Conference, the Winter Star Party, the Advanced Imaging Conference, and others.

Deep Sky Star Parties

Deep Sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Show and Tell

Members and guests are welcome to share and discuss anything of an astronomical nature with the group! Astronomy books, gear, articles, observation reports, ideas, projects, astrophotography, short videos, etc.

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Telescope Demonstration: Unistellar eVscope 2

Speaker: Bill Rujevcan, FWAS member
Location: PFW campus, Walb Student Union room 114

In this meeting Bill will share a presentation about the eVscope 2, a telescope/camera combo that can be easily controlled with an iPhone app. He will then set up a demonstration outdoors so attendees can see the scope in action and choose objects to navigate to through the app (weather permitting.)

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We are looking for volunteers to help run the observatory telescopes during Saturday Night Stargazing events. Trained volunteers can sign up to operate telescopes on clear Saturday nights April-November. FWAS members that have been trained to run the scopes may use the observatory telescopes for personal observing.

RSVP REQUIRED
Contact observatory director Neil Ainslie to RSVP:
Email - sciencepastorneil@gmail.com
Call/text - 260-740-9162

Rain or shine. If no one RSVPs, the class is canceled.

The NASA Ingenuity Helicopter: Mission to Mars

Speaker: Susan Johnson, NASA Speakers Bureau
Location: PFW campus, Walb Student Union room 114

We are looking for volunteers to help run the observatory telescopes during Saturday Night Stargazing events. Trained volunteers can sign up to operate telescopes on clear Saturday nights April-November. FWAS members that have been trained to run the scopes may use the observatory telescopes for personal observing.

RSVP REQUIRED
Contact observatory director Neil Ainslie to RSVP:
Email - sciencepastorneil@gmail.com
Call/text - 260-740-9162

Rain or shine. If no one RSVPs, the class is canceled.

We are looking for volunteers to help run the observatory telescopes during Saturday Night Stargazing events. Trained volunteers can sign up to operate telescopes on clear Saturday nights April-November. FWAS members that have been trained to run the scopes may use the observatory telescopes for personal observing.

RSVP REQUIRED
Contact observatory director Neil Ainslie to RSVP:
Email - sciencepastorneil@gmail.com
Call/text - 260-740-9162

Rain or shine. If no one RSVPs, the class is canceled.

Edwin Hubble - the Scientist, the Man.

Speaker: Mike Arata, FWAS Vice President
Location: PFW campus, Walb Student Union room 114

December’s monthly meeting is a potluck dinner! Fort Wayne Astronomical Society members and their guests are invited to bring food and and and share a meal together just before the holidays.

Location TBA

Deep sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

More info coming soon!

Deep sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

Super Massive Black Hole at Center of Active Galactic Nuclei

Join us at the Purdue Fort Wayne at WU 114 in Walb Student Union Building. Greg Gallagher from Muncie will be the speaker. The topic is Supermassive black hole at the center of active galactic nuclei. Greg is a Graduate student at Ball State Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Deep sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

More info coming soon!

Deep sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

More info coming soon!

Deep sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

More info coming soon!

Deep sky observing events are scheduled for FWAS members and their guests to observe the fainter objects in the sky from a location away from city lights. These events are closed to the general public to allow members to plan observing and photography projects that will be undisturbed. Each date is scheduled on the Friday closest to the new moon each month.

• This event’s starting time is an hour after sunset, but you are free to arrive as early or late as you’d like and stay as long as you want.

• If you want to use an observatory scope, contact Observatory Director Neil Ainslie at 260-740-9162 to reserve a time slot.

More info coming soon!