Discover the wonder of the night sky from your own backyard, travel to a dark sky location, and listen to the star stories of other cultures and civilizations. Night Sky Tourist helps the entire family connect with nature by engaging with the stars, moon, and planets.
140- Cape May Astro in New Jersey with Kevin Beare
Kevin Beare, founder of Cape May Astro in New Jersey, sets up his telescopes on street corners and in parking lots to show people the cosmos. He shares how he got started, what it means to people to have unexpected moments of awe and wonder, and how you can use your telescope to give people the gift of a night sky experience. He’s a funeral director by day and street astronomer by night, and if you get a chance to spend an evening peering through his telescopes, you’ll fall in love with the dark.
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Constellation Companion: https://nightskytourist.com/constellation-companion/ (https://nightskytourist.com/constellation-companion/)
Cape May Astro on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capemayastro/ (https://www.instagram.com/capemayastro/)
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22 Sept 2026
139- World Asterisms Project with Charles Ennis
Every culture that ever looked up at the night sky found stories in it. Hunters, ancestors, animals, boats. What if someone tried to collect them all before they're lost?
That's exactly what Charles Ennis is doing. Since 2021, Charles has been building the World Asterism Project under the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, gathering sky cultures from around the globe for a website launching soon. In this episode, we talk about what asterisms actually are, why they matter beyond the science of astronomy, and what he's learned collecting star stories from cultures most of us have never heard of.
Charles brings serious credentials to this work. He's president of the RASC's Sunshine Coast Centre, a past national president, and currently Vice Chair of RASC's National Council. He co-founded RASC's Inclusivity and Diversity Committee, wrote The Solar Observing Manual and Building a Small Observatory, and hosted ten seasons of the astronomy show Night Lights, along with the documentaries Starry Nights and The Stars Belong to Everyone. This month he launched a new YouTube vlog, “Asterism Detective.”
LINKS FROM EPISODE 139:
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2026 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ (https://nightskytourist.com/guide/)
Constellation Companion: https://nightskytourist.com/constellation-companion/ (https://nightskytourist.com/constellation-companion/)
World Asterisms Project: https://www.rasc.ca/world-asterisms-project (https://www.rasc.ca/world-asterisms-project)
Asterisms Detective- Charles’ YouTube vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@AsterismDetective (https://www.youtube.com/@AsterismDetective)
Azure Dragon of the East- Chinese cultural astronomy: https://yokai.com/seiryuu/?srsltid=AU7gw4WWnk0DG4i0OJ1WoFqIQXyJbp2OkcU950fkUgiNohzBxWyWf_x_ (https://yokai.com/seiryuu/?srsltid=AU7gw4WWnk0DG4i0OJ1WoFqIQXyJbp2OkcU950fkUgiNohzBxWyWf_x_)
Episode 85- The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars with Duane Hamacher: https://nightskytourist.com/85/ (https://nightskytourist.com/85/)
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25 Aug 2026
138- Keweenaw Mountain Lodge with John Mueller
Some places feel special precisely because they're hard to reach. At the tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, a lodge built during the Great Depression by a federal jobs program sits under skies so dark you feel truly far from city lights and noise. Now privately owned by John Mueller, Keweenaw Mountain Lodge has earned Dark Sky Lodging certification and built out evening programs like Full Moon walks, star parties, and meteor watch nights. That kind of remoteness asks a little more of visitors, but it's exactly what makes the experience worth it. In this episode, John and I talk about the lodge's history, its dark sky programming, and his larger goal: helping people get closer to nature.
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2026 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ (https://nightskytourist.com/guide/)
Keweenaw Mountain Lodge: https://keweenawmountainlodge.com/ (https://keweenawmountainlodge.com/)
Visit Keweenaw: https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/ (https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/)
Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Association: https://www.uptravel.com/ (https://www.uptravel.com/)
Travel Marquette: https://www.travelmarquette.com/ (https://www.travelmarquette.com/)
Quiet Parks International: https://www.quietparks.org/ (https://www.quietparks.org/)
Episode 103- Cultural Astronomy of the North with Travis Novitsky: https://nightskytourist.com/103/ (https://nightskytourist.com/103/)
Episode 98- Ojibwe Star Culture with Carl Gawboy: https://nightskytourist.com/98/ (https://nightskytourist.com/98/)
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