This event is in the past.It took place on June 26, 2026 at Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Educational TalkAsteroids Over Ann Arbor
June 26 at 7pm
Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
🔭The 17ft Fitz Refractor dates to 1854
🪨Watson discovered 22 asteroids in the 1870s
☁️Sky viewing is weather dependent
Peer through a 170-year-old telescope that discovered two dozen asteroids. This evening at the Detroit Observatory explores 19th-century astronomer James Watson's planetary race, then turns the historic Fitz Refractor skyward for live stargazing.
Victorian-era observatory
19th-century astronomy
live telescope viewing
science history
Educational TalkAsteroids Over Ann Arbor
June 26 at 7pm
Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
🔭The 17ft Fitz Refractor dates to 1854
🪨Watson discovered 22 asteroids in the 1870s
☁️Sky viewing is weather dependent
Peer through a 170-year-old telescope that discovered two dozen asteroids. This evening at the Detroit Observatory explores 19th-century astronomer James Watson's planetary race, then turns the historic Fitz Refractor skyward for live stargazing.
Victorian-era observatory
19th-century astronomy
live telescope viewing
science history