Jim Goodall
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Jan 02
Out-Of-This-World Chili Cookoff
Join us Saturday, January 18th, for our second annual Chili Cookoff! Open to the public, everyone is welcome. See the Events page for details.
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Oct 25
Meteorite Hunt Nov. 2nd!
Tickets to the Fall Meteorite Hunt near Hamburg Township are on sale now in the Online Store! For more information, please visit the Event Page.
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Mar 31
Cloudy Nights Workshop
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Brown Dwarfs: Bridging the Gap Between Stars and Planets A fascinating presentation on brown dwarf stars, by Jennifer Greco, PhD. Candidate from the University of Toledo Department of Physics and Astronomy. Jennifer will take us on a tour of her research and interesting fun facts about low mass stars throughout our galaxy.
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Mar 09
Join Our Mailing List!
The General Motors Astronomy Club hosts monthly events that are FREE and open to the public, including: Open Observing Night – monthly meeting at the Milford Proving Ground Softball Fields Sidewalk Astronomy – in the summer, GMAC sets up their telescopes on the sidewalk in downtownMilford, where passersby can see Jupiter Saturn, or the Moon, or their way to …
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Dec 07
Thank You!
As 2018 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to thank our members and supporters for a great year and look forward toward 2019. Our club has grown to more than 50 members this year and we enjoyed many successful events together, including public observing nights, sidewalk astronomy, a meteorite hunt, and …
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Nov 07
Chili Cookoff on SATURDAY!
Join us for our first annual Chili Cookoff! Open to the public, everyone is welcome. See the Events page for details.
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Oct 30
Meteorite Hunt this Saturday!
It’s not too late to sign up for the meteorite hunt! Visit our Events Page for details.
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Sep 19
LIVE Prize Drawing Tomorrow at 8PM
Thanks to everyone who came to this year’s Astronomy At The Beach event on Friday and Saturday, there were more than 4000 people in attendance! We had a great time sharing the night sky and met a ton of new people interested in our club. Even if you didn’t attend, please take a moment to …
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Aug 09
August Newsletter
I am going to attempt to revive the monthly newsletter, if I can find time to create it. The August newsletter is attached here: AUG2018 GMAC Newsletter If you would like to write an article for a future newsletter, please send it to me.
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Aug 02
McMath-Hulbert Observatory Debriefing
Brief History of the Solar Observatory The McMath-Hulbert Observatory (MHO), was founded in 1930 by three amateur astronomers, Francis McMath, his son Robert McMath, and Henry Hulbert, with the goal of enhancing their clever development of time lapse astrophotography, for outreach purposes. It soon garnered the interests of the University of Michigan and evolved into …
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Clear Dark Sky Forecast
