Presentations

Date	Location	Title Presenter
4-Jan	C	The January Thaw in Southern Michigan and Wisconsin G. M. Ross
21-Jan	M	Mars 4.0 Jerry Kuchera
1-Feb	C	The Secret Apollo Files Diane Hall
18-Feb	M	R.O.G. Astronomy, 17th to 19th Centuries Sandra Macika
1-Mar	C	Christiaan Huygens Ken Bertin
18-Mar	M	Would You Be My Neighbor? Larry Phipps
5-Apr	C	Strings Stephen Uitti
15-Apr	Special Event	RETURN TO GROSSE POINTE NORTH/T.B.D. Grosse Pointe North Radio Astronomy Team / G.M. Ross
3-May	C	Optec Incorporated Jeff Dickerman
20-May	M	6 + 1, or The Last Venus Transit Of Your Life Jonathan Kade
7-June	C	Amateur Radio Astronomy You Can Do Jim Van Prooyen
17-June	M	T.B.D. Dave Bailey
5-Jul	C	T.B.D. Jim Shedlowsky
15-Jul	M	T.B.D. James Foerch (provisional)
2-Aug	C	Librations of Moons Gary Gathen
19-Aug	M	Radio Astronomy Tom Hagen
13-Sep	C	SETI Fred Gluckson
16-Sep	M	Panel discussion: Manned vs. Unmanned Spaceflight Ken Bertin & Dave Bailey vs. Jerry Kuchera & Jim Shedlowsky; Jon Blum, moderator
4-Oct	C	T.B.D. Dale Partin
21-Oct	M	Mysterious Mars Michael Foerster
1-Nov	C	The Tunguska Event of 1908 Dave Holt
18-Nov	M	OPEN
6-Dec	C	The Third Annual Astro-Film Festival Video, with introduction by G. M. Ross
16-Dec	Special Event	Annual Banquet Mark John Christensen

2009 presentations

2008 presentations

Observatory Open Houses

Open Houses at Stargate are FREE and open to the public. WAS members often show solar activity before dark; we stick around doing sky tours until 11pm - midnight, weather permitting.

Only definite storm conditions will cancel an open house, and sometimes not even those.

We have only a pair of rules for open houses, but they're important!

• Please try to come before sunset - coming after twilight with headlights on will ruin everybody's night vision.
• Please no white-light flashlights or camping lanterns. Covering the lens with red construction paper, spray paint, or nail polish helps, but even then try not to use too bright a flashlight.

The last open house of 2009 is December 26.

The 2010 open house schedule is:

• January 23
• February 20
• March 27
• April 24 (Astronomy Day)
• May 22
• June 19
• July 17
• August 21
• September 11
• October 16
• November 13
• December 11

Star Parties and Special Events

You're likely to find WAS members at all of these events.

December 26-30 - Astronomy at Cranbrook: Daytime Solar Observing and More!

January 9 - Astronomy at Cranbrook: Daytime Solar Observing and More!

February 8-13 - The Winter Star Party in Florida.

March 6 - Ford Amateur Astronomy Club - 7th Annual Astronomy Expo and Swap Meet - 9 AM to 4 PM at Holy Cross Church Gymnasium, 30650 Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI - more info coming soon

March 13 - Multi-Club Messier Marathon hosted by 7 Ponds Astronomy Club

April 17-18 - The Northeast Astronomical Forum (NEAF) in New York.

April 24 - International Astronomy Day: solar observing during the day at Cranbrook, night observing at Stargate.

April 24 - Astronomy Day: Sidewalk Astronomy at Metro Beach Metropark with the WAS, FAAC, OAC, and 7 Ponds clubs.

May 9-16 - Michiana Star Party in Indiana.

May 9-16 - Texas Star Party.

June 8-13 - The Cadillac West spring star party at Bill's

July 10 - WAS Picnic! (Provisional)

August 5-8 - Stellafane in Vermont.

September 17-18 - Astronomy at the Beach.

October 2-10 - Okie-Tex star party in Oklahoma.

October 7-10 - Hidden Hollow star party at Warren Rupp Observatory in Ohio.

October 7-10 - Great Lakes Star Gaze.

November 2-7 - The Cadillac West fall star party at Bill's

December 16 - Annual Banquet & Presentation
Mark John Christensen

Check back soon for more events!

Past events