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.

Telescope Observing 1
Telescope Observing 2
Telescope Observing 3
Telescope Observing 4
🔭"a very enriching experience" — recent visitor
🏛️Second oldest building on U-M campus
☁️Observatory stays open even if cloudy

Peer through a 17-foot Victorian telescope from 1857, one of North America's oldest still peering at the cosmos. When skies are clear, the moon fills the eyepiece in startling detail, and even cloudy nights offer a chance to explore the historic observatory and its magnificent collection of astronomical instruments.

historic observatory
free astronomy event
guided stargazing
Victorian-era science