"It's a wonderful thing when the community comes out and uses the facility they helped to build."

JERRY DOBEK
NMC ASTRONOMY INSTRUCTOR

Public Viewing

To commemorate 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy, NMC's Rogers Observatory tripled its public viewing nights, scheduling one each week during the entire year. The International Year of Astronomy marked the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first astronomical observation through a telescope in 1609.

Students from the NMC Astronomy Club and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society host public viewing nights at the observatory. 
Suggested donation is $2/person, $5/family.

2010 public viewing schedule:

  • Saturday, January 23, 8-10 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 20, 8-10 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 20, 9-11 p.m.
  • Friday, April 16, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 24, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 8, 9-11 p.m.
  • Friday, May 21, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, June 5, 9-11 p.m.
  • Friday, June 18, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 3, 9-11 p.m.
  • Friday, July 16, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 7, 9-11 p.m.
  • Friday, August 20, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 4, 9-11 p.m.
  • Friday, September 17, 9-11 p.m.
  • Saturday, October 2, 8-10 p.m.
  • Friday, October 15, 8-10 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 13, 8-10 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 11, 8-10 p.m.

 The Rogers Observatory is several miles south of NMC's main campus, at 1753 Birmley Road. (O on Campus Map)

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