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Coming Soon* : Visible Nova!

Anticipate a rare "new" star that will be visible to the naked eye when the outer layer of the star T Coronae Borealis explodes!  Image it with your cell phone.

nightwise.org/nova-in-corona-borealis

*Maybe soon

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-Chuck Bueter

Events 2025

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Capture Nova With Cell Phone

Astronomers predict a "new" star--a nova--will emerge in the constellation Corona Borealis.  Capture before-and-after images of the celestial phenomenon as a cannibal star explodes from gluttony. 

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Michiana Star Party 2025

The 15th Annual Michiana Star Party moves to Potawatomi Wildlife Park for the weekend before Halloween, October 23-26, 2025.  Register for on-site camping or just get a Daily pass.  This is a great introduction for newcomers to telescopes and techniques for astro-imaging.

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Spooky Tale at the Star Party

Join me at the 15th Annual Michiana Star Party in Potawatomi Wildlife Park on Thursday, October 23, 2025.  Hear a ghoulish tale of Corona Borealis and get a "before" image of the nova site.  Bring your carved Corona Borealis pumpkin (Pumpkinova) to the star party (or send photo).  

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Make Solargraphs

Capture the arc of the sun from solstice to solstice with a pinhole camera.

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Spica: USA's 250th Anniversary Star

At 250 light years away, the star Spica is America's Semiquincentennial Star.  Light that left Spica in 1776 at the founding of the nation, traveling at 186,00 miles per second, is just now reaching our eyes.

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Additional Local Astronomy

For astronomy events in our northern Indiana region, see the Michiana Astronomical Society.  Local observing is available from the dark skies of Dr. T.K. Lawless Park in Vandalia, MI. 

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I'm Chuck Bueter, an amateur astronomer embracing public outreach. Let's make ideas happen--be energy at the speed of life!

Nightwise is my portal to the night sky and other personal interests. Blog posts about recent and upcoming events often have an emphasis on astronomy.  

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Solar energy taps into the boundless sun, with Community Solar serving the grid, the environment, and ratepayers.

Clear your calendar for April 8, 2024.  Totality for  solar eclipse will be visible along a swath from Texas to Maine.  Make a Sun Funnel for your telescope so a crowd can view safely.

Here are my 100+ ideas to inspire better outdoor lighting practices and lessen waste.  I have personally field-tested most of these activities, ranging from easy to ambitious.  Go!

Capture the essence of time--an image of the sun arcing across the sky between the solstices--by making a simple pinhole camera.

 

Using sufficient yet sensible light will benefit the night sky and human health, too.  In lessening light pollution we gain many upsides.  Avoid the blues (blue light, that is).

  • Comet Festival

  • Transit of Venus

  • Paper Plate Education

  • Let There Be Night                 And more...

Gotta love the Great Lakes.  Here are weather links for on the water and on the sun alike. 

 
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