Club Observing Site Directions.
Fill out the Outreach Guest List Form to join our guest list and be invited to Public Observing Nights at our semi-dark-sky observing platform at Addison Oaks County Park.
Community-Hosted Outreach Events planned for January and February
February 5
Tonight, the Oakland Astronomy Club will share a presentation about the winter night sky with the students and families of Troy's Morse Elementary School. Weather permitting, we will share views from club-member telescopes as well. The naked-eye planets, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, plus the more distant icy giants, Uranus and Neptune will make the glorious winter sky even more enchanting!
February 8
Step out into the winter night at Shelby Township's Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center for a FREE, lantern-lit hike, hot chocolate and stargazing. The Oakland Astronomy Club will provide an orientation to observing the winter skies and, weather permitting, will share their telescopes with you to see the stars, planets, and amazing nebulae for yourself. In the event of cloudy skies, the Oakland Astronomy Club will provide an extended educational presentation. Fun for all ages.
February 15
Rochester Montessori School hosts the Oakland Astronomy Club this evening to explore tonight's sky. There will be a presentation and, weather permitting, club members will share their telescopes to observe tonight's delightful collection of planets, bright stars, and nebulae.
March 1
Beat the time change! Register with Oakland Township Parks/Rec for this last moonless, early-evening opportunity to enjoy the dazzling winter hexagon of bright stars that surround Betelgeuse! After an orientation to the night sky by the Oakland Astronomy Club, weather permitting, enjoy the nebulae of Orion the Hunter and the Witch’s Head, get an eyeful of Jupiter and Mars, and marvel at the galaxies of the Bear and the Lion. OAC will provide the telescopes. Drink-in the night sky and enjoy complimentary star cookies and cider. Bring your curiosity and binoculars or borrow ours.
March 6
Enjoy "the magic of a dark winter night", a joint program with the Rochester Hills Park Naturalists and members of the Oakland Astronomy Club at Bloomer Park. Register with the outdoor engagement team to enjoy marshmallows over a campfire and then observe early March's cornucopia of celestial treats through the telescopes of the Oakland Astronomy Club. Observe the craters and mountains of the first quarter Moon, the colorful cloud bands of Jupiter, the angry red planet Mars, plus Uranus, Venus, and Mercury--all interspersed within the bright stars and nebulae of Orion. Clouds? No problem. After s'mores, join the park Naturalists for a rewarding evening hike, with owl calling and more.
March 15
Join us at the Auburn Hills Public Library for a presentation about "the star of our solar system", then observe the Sun safely through the special telescopes of the Oakland Astronomy Club.