Public viewing at our observatory.
OHC: Jim Forrester
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026
Time: 8:30 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern
Location:
U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
Dexter, MI
University Lowbrow Astronomers
Open House at Peach Mt.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Event
Information for Visitors
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Sunset: 8:46 PM -
Moon: Waning Crescent -
What's in the Sky this evening?
Instructions for the Public:
Location Details
U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/calendar/map-peach.html
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/calendar/map-peach.html
Notes:
No white lights, cell phones, or smoking.
No white lights, cell phones, or smoking.
Contact University Lowbrow Astronomers for more information.
Phone:
734-747-6585
Event Report
Comments and anecdotes about the event:
We had a large public turn out for a very successful open house. We had a variety of telescopes, including refractors, Newtonians and smart telescopes. The sky was clear with reasonable transparency. We could see the Milky Way faintly. This was our first use of new eyepieces we bought for our club's ZWO 107mm APO refractor, which performed beautifully. We had to shut down the observatory due to a large wasp nest in the building. Jack got stung three times while trying to subdue them, so we thought it best to keep the public away from the building. Club members helping were Jack, Charlie, Jim, Kyle, Brandon, Tim, Bill, plus Keon and his partner.
We had a large public turn out for a very successful open house. We had a variety of telescopes, including refractors, Newtonians and smart telescopes. The sky was clear with reasonable transparency. We could see the Milky Way faintly. This was our first use of new eyepieces we bought for our club's ZWO 107mm APO refractor, which performed beautifully. We had to shut down the observatory due to a large wasp nest in the building. Jack got stung three times while trying to subdue them, so we thought it best to keep the public away from the building. Club members helping were Jack, Charlie, Jim, Kyle, Brandon, Tim, Bill, plus Keon and his partner.