University Lowbrow Astronomers
Astronomy Calendar

Current Astronomy Events in Southeast Michigan

This calendar shows events hosted by the University Lowbrow Astronomers, plus a few selected events hosted by other organizations. Events hosted by the Lowbrows (with the exception of monthly club meetings) may be cancelled if conditions are unusually cold or if it’s cloudy. The Twitter feed shown will be updated regarding the event status prior to an event. If in doubt, call (734) 975-3248 after 4PM the day of the event to determine the status. Events are free of charge unless otherwise indicated. The calendar shows the current month, use the arrows to see future and past months. Click on each item in the calendar for more details.

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Other Ways to Access the Calendar and the Event List

In addition to this web page, there are two other ways to access this list of astronomy events...

1. If you use a calendar program that supports the ICAL format (such as Google Calendar), you can subscribe to the Lowbrow Calendar by using the subscribe function within your calendar program. This will allow you to view Lowbrow events along with events your personal calendar and/or other calendars. When subscribing to the calendar, you will be asked for a URL. This is the URL:
   http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/lowbrowcalendar%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
2. If you use a calendar program that supports the ICAL format (such as Google Calendar), you can take a snapshot by downloading this file and importing it into your program. The events in the Lowbrow calendar will be added to events already in your calendar, but if there are changes to the Lowbrow calendar they will not be automatically encorporated into your calendar without a subsequent import.

Lowbrow Events:

• Open Houses at Peach Mountain: Note: open houses may be cancelled if it is cloudy or too cold... Go here for more information about open houses at Peach Mountain.
• Unless otherwise indicated, club meetings are held in the main conference room at the Detroit Observatory on the campus of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor [Map to the Detroit Observatory]. (The July meetings are usually held on the campus of Eastern Michigan University).
• Other events may be scheduled (see the calendar for details).
• Past astronomy events are not necessarily listed on the calendar above.

Other organizations hold astronomy related events. These events may be free of charge or may require a small charge. Follow the links for more details:

• The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History hosts planetarium shows on a regular schedule, and occasionally hosts astronomy related activities.
• On selected Friday nights the Angell Hall Observatory holds open houses where the public can look through the telescopes on top of Angell Hall [Directions to Angell Hall].
• The Detroit Observatory (located in Ann Arbor at the corner of Observatory and Ann Streets) has viewing nights.
• Sherzer Observatory (on the campus of Eastern Michigan University) also holds regular open houses.
• The University of Michigan Physics Department holds a series of multimedia presentations aimed at the general public called Saturday Morning Physics.
• The Cranbrook Institute of Science has a variety of science related activities aimed at children and adults.
• See also Web Sites for Other Southeast Michigan Astronomy Clubs.

Links

• Astronomy Calendar.
• The Home Page for the University Lowbrow Astronomers.
• The University of Michigan Astronomy Department.
• The University of Michigan Gateway.
• A List of Other Astronomy Clubs in SE Michigan.
• Other Astronomy Related Pages.

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This page revised Saturday, August 19, 2023.

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