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Remote Viewing Live from New Mexico with Brian Ottum

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 10, 2020

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 →

Tagged Astrophotographer, Dark Sky New Mexico, Dr. Brian Ottum, SaturdayAATB2020

Live from Woodhaven – Gordon Hansen

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 21, 2020

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.

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Tagged Gordon Hansen, Night Sky, SaturdayAATB2020

NASA Rocket Launch Photography – John McGill

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 21, 2020

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 →

Tagged John McGill, Photography, Rocket Launches, Rockets, SaturdayAATB2020, Volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador

Tour of the Solar System with SpaceEngine – Bob Trembley

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 10, 2020

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 →

Tagged Bob Trembley, Planet, SaturdayAATB2020, Solar System, Volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador

Star-Hopping with Stellarium – Adrian Bradley

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 10, 2020

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 →

Tagged Adrian Bradley, Astrophotographer, SaturdayAATB2020, Stellarium

Remote Viewing Live from Hartland with Doug Bock

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 30, 2020

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 →

Tagged Boon Hill Observatory, Doug Bock, Northern Cross Observatory, SaturdayAATB2020

Orange Can Astronomy – Night Out – Live from Ypsilanti with Jeff Kopmanis

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 16, 2020

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 →

Tagged Astrophotographer, Jeff Kopmanis, Orange Can Astronomy, SaturdayAATB2020

Spectroscopy: How it’s (really) made, and what’s hiding in the light! – Tim Campbell

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 21, 2020

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 →

Tagged SaturdayAATB2020, Spectroscopy, Tim Campbell, Volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador

Ask the Astronomers! (Panel-Discussion)

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 14, 2020

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 →

Tagged Adrian Bradley, Astronomers, David Levy, Discussion, Jane Huang, Larry Lebofsky, Panel, Q and A, SaturdayAATB2020

Night Sky Myth Busters: The Lunar Edition! – John Pannuto

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Posted on September 27, 2020 by balrogSeptember 10, 2020

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 →

Tagged Astronomy, John Pannuto, Moon, Night Sky, SaturdayAATB2020

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