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: Jeff Kopmanis and Charlie Nielsen
Topic: Seestar - What We've Learned (In the Last Year)

Date: Friday, May 15, 2026

Time: 7:35 p.m. - 9:21 p.m. Eastern

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

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Comments and anecdotes about the event:
This meeting featured a presentation by club Online Coordinator Jeff Kopmanis, and club President Charlie Nielsen. They spoke about some of their experiences, and what they have learned over the last year or so about their Seestar S30 and S50 smart telescopes. Both of their telescopes and mounting systems were brought in so that attendees could see more than just some pictures, and this helped them demonstrate some of their points. The attendees seemed to be engaged and lots of good questions were asked. We had 22 in-person attendees and 4 via Zoom.

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