General Motors Astronomy Club

03/12/2026

Help Shape our 2026 Season!

03/10/2026

March 27th Observation in Milford! Milford Parks and Recreation and Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs! -

We’re excited to announce our first public observing event of the year, taking place in late March in partnership with the Milford Township Parks and Recreation Commission.

02/19/2026

The sky may clear Monday the 23rd, so it might be your last chance this month to see Venus, Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter together just after sunset at 7pm. Our sky picture also features some of the brightest stars in the winter sky- The Winter Triangle stars (Sirius, Procyon, Betelgeuse) and two others, Aldebaran and Rigel. Of these, Sirius and Procyon are the only ones on the 'main sequence' and still burning hydrogen in their core. The square outline identifies the location of Orion Nebula (M42) which is visible to the naked eye or binoculars. Club member Ken Moniaci shared his picture of it taken last Saturday with a Seestar telescope. (Sky photo courtesy of Stellarium)

02/04/2026

For those of you that do not have solar telescopes. The sun is in full swing with sunspot and superflare activity lasting to February 10th. Below is the NASA solar observatory web site link you can check out for current information and pictures. We've also included the link for todays mp4 sun video, which may take seconds to load. Also DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT PROPER SOLAR FILTERS. If you have questions please contact us. Image courtesy of NASA solar observatory.
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/dailymov/movies_1080/20260203_1080_HMIIF.mp4

01/05/2026

For January, look early in the morning (5-6 am) for the Quadrantid meteor shower in the East just about 60 degrees up. One locator trick (see attached picture courtesy Stellarium) is to find the two bright stars Vega and Arcturus, and imagine a straight line between them. Imagine a perpendicular line pointing up from the middle about 1/3 as long, to locate the origin point for these meteors. They will peak tomorrow morning then diminish until January 12. You may be challenged with the moonlight which lowers our ability to see the typical 1-2 meteors per minute (ideal conditions) to about 1 meteor every 2 minutes.

In the evening, look to the East for Jupiter! It is at opposition (opposite the sun) which means it will be at its brightest for 2026. Use binoculars or telescope to spot its 4 moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto! The photo below was taken by a club member using an 11" aperture telescope. Send us your photos of Jupiter!

10/24/2025

Today’s observation has been canceled due to poor weather and visibility. We sincerely apologize but we look forward to seeing everyone in November.

10/16/2025

Due to unfavorable weather conditions and cloud cover Friday’s open observation has been rescheduled for October 24th. We will keep trying!

We look forward to seeing everyone next Friday!

10/16/2025

Open Observation Rescheduled to October 24th -

The GM Astronomy Club will NOT be meeting today October 17th due to unfavorable forecast. This event has been rescheduled for October 24th.  

10/10/2025

Due to unfavorable weather conditions and cloud cover today’s open observation has been rescheduled for October 17th.

We look forward to seeing everyone next Friday!

10/10/2025

Open Observation Rescheduled to October 17th -

The GM Astronomy Club will NOT be meeting today October 10th due to unfavorable forecast. This event has been rescheduled for October 17th.  

10/07/2025

This event has been rescheduled for October 17th.