University Lowbrow Astronomers

Monthly Meeting

Friday, February 20, 2026

Event

LIVE AND IN PERSON in our usual room with Zoom for those who can't make it and then archived to our aptly named YouTube channel University Lowbrow Astronomers.

 
Speaker: Professor John Monnier
Topic: Introduction to the STARI MIssion -- an important step toward space interferometry!

Date: Friday, February 20, 2026

Time: 7:35 p.m. - 9:31 p.m. Eastern

Location: Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan
1398 East Ann Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Location Details

Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan
1398 East Ann Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
We had a great presentation about a project to build a space-based interferometer to study exo-planets, from Professor John Monnier of U of M Astronomy. He explained the technical difficulties and how they were designing a test mission to be launched in 2029. We had 25 in-person attendees and 3 via Zoom.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sat 4/11/2026
8 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern 		Open House at Peach Mt. U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
 Dexter, MI
Fri 4/17/2026
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Eastern 		Monthly Meeting Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan
1398 East Ann Street Ann Arbor, MI
Sat 4/18/2026
8 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern 		Open House at Peach Mt. U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
 Dexter, MI
Sat 5/9/2026
8:30 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern 		Open House at Peach Mt. U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
 Dexter, MI