On Thursday, I’ll leave Milwaukee and drive around Lake Michigan to the Great Lakes Star Gaze (GLSG), near Gladwin, Michigan. This will mark the 6th year of this annual event. In 2008, GLSG runs from September 25–28.
As the invited speaker, I won’t need to bring a telescope or even binoculars. I’m just going to wander the observing field chatting with folks and looking through their scopes.
I’m giving two talks while at GLSG: “How the Constellations Came to Be” and “Take the Sharpless Catalog Challenge.” Astronomy also has provided a few nice door prizes for the organizers.
As I did from the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show, I'll be posting updates and images to Astronomy.com blogs from this event.
Editor's note: The local paper, The Bay City Times, previewed the star party and Michael's appearance in a blog post "Family events focus on astronomy."