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 →Go behind the scenes to see what it’s like to photograph a rocket launch up close, sometimes at a distance of less than a football field from the rocket! John will give you tips and advice on viewing locations so … Continue reading →
SpaceEngine is an amazing 3D simulator app for Windows that allows you to fly practically anywhere in the universe! You can fly through Saturn’s rings, land on the Moon – at the Apollo landing sites, or completely break the laws … 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 →
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 →
View the night sky live from Yipsi with Jeff Kopmanis and his “Orange Can!” Jeff Kopmanis has been an amateur astronomer since 1998, and is is a member of the University Lowbrows. Jeff will live-streaming his nighttime observing session again this evening … Continue reading →
Where do the elements come from? How do stars form? How do astronomers know what stars are made of? The answers to all these questions and more will be the topic for this presentation where we discuss spectroscopy — the … Continue reading →
A moderated panel with several astronomers will take questions from the viewing audience. Panelists: David Levy is the author or editor of 35 books and other products. He won an Emmy in 1998 as part of the writing team for the … Continue reading →
Learn a little about the moon tonight with John Pannuto as he “de-myth-tefies” some common myths about the Moon. John Pannuto joined the Oakland Astronomy Club three short years ago. He learned quickly that the view through a telescope is … Continue reading →
