Our club now has a telescope for rent as well as binoculars. Visit our Online Store to check availability today.
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Jun 12
Peregrine Falcon Viewing & Star Party
The General Motors Astronomy Club will be joining the Warren Peregrine Falcon Group next Thursday, June 14th, for some birdwatching and stargazing. Feel free to bring a chair, binoculars, and a telescope, if you have one. We will be sharing our telescopes to view the birds and then enjoying the night sky afterward, if the weather is nice. Light pollution might be an issue in Warren, but Jupiter should be easily visible after sunset. Hope to see you there!
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Jun 12
New Club Logo !
The club would like to extend a special thanks to our Senior Astronomer, Tony Licata, for his artwork, which was chosen as the official logo of the General motors Astronomy Club. Tony has been a dedicated member of the club since it was founded last year we sincerely appreciate his contributions. 
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Jun 07
M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy
A spiral galaxy, visible to telescopes under dark skies, can be seen in close interaction with it’s smaller neighbor, NGC5195. The distance to this galaxy pair is estimated at 23 million light years.
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Jun 05
M27 – Dumbell Nebula
Image by Jim Goodall
A planetary nebula, the remains of an exploded star, in the constellation Vulpecula.
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May 11
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Due to cloudy skies in the forecast - we are cancelling Open Viewing for tonight. Looking forward now to our next scheduled Open Viewing night on May 22nd. Hope to see you there !
Checking my calendar - the event is actually Friday May 21st !! (not the 22nd...) Hoping for clear skies.
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From last night's Open Viewing night. Clear skies in Ortonville ! My son's first go at photographing a nebula. Turned out nicely.
Orion Nebula
EdgeHD 11"
ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
Nexstar GPS Mount
That's awesome, I hope to do that someday.
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Apr 12
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