Dr. Brian Ottum is a member of the University Lowbrows. Brian will show you deep-sky objects via his remotely controlled telescope located at Dark Sky New Mexico. If we’re lucky, Brian will be able to track an Earth-orbiting satellite! Brian … Continue reading →
Explore the night sky from Woodhaven with Gordon Hansen. Cover image: The Trifid Nebula (M20, NGC 6514) is a starforming emission and reflection nebula, with an open star Ccuster, in the constellation Sagittarius.
Continue reading →Deep in the past, Mars was a warm, wet world, similar to the Earth today. It may have had primitive life. But as Earth was becoming a nice place for life, Mars was becoming a cold desert, with almost no … Continue reading →
Doug Bock has been an amateur astronomer since 1965, and is a prolific astrophotographer. Doug is a member of the University Lowbrows, the Warren Astronomical Society, the Ford Amateur Astronomy Club, the Seven Ponds Astronomy Club and the GM Astronomy … Continue reading →
Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a space flight simulation video game that allows you to build rockets, space planes, satellites, landers and rovers. The developers of KSP have partnered with both NASA and the ESA to bring real-life missions and … Continue reading →
Don Swetzig is a member of the University Lowbrows; Don will be live-streaming from Pinckney, Michigan.
Continue reading →Stellarium is a free open-source planetarium app that many astronomers use frequently. Stellarium allows you to see the sky from any point on Earth and any time of day. You can use it to see what will be in the … Continue reading →
Mike Bruno of the Ford Amateur Astronomy Club shows off his scale model of the solar system. Related Video: “Riding Light” – travelling from the Sun in real-time at the speed of light.
Continue reading →Samer Hariri will be live streaming views of the Moon. A good resource for observers, teachers and students is NASA’s Moon Phase and Libration, 2020 Page
Continue reading →The sizes of objects in the cosmos, and distances between them are important concepts when it comes to astronomy – and can often be difficult to wrap one’s head around. Ken Bertin discusses “Size and Distance” in the universe; Ken … Continue reading →
