Veen Observatory in Lowell is Open Through October

The Grand Rapids Public Museum and Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association have brought back observing nights at the Veen Observatory in Lowell Township.

Observing nights are open to the public every second and last Saturday evening of the month and runs through October 2015.

Jupiter and Venus will be featured throughout the spring, and Saturn, a favorite with visitors, will be placed for viewing by early summer. Viewing is weather permitting. See observation times, updates and status reports.

Admission to the Veen Observatory’s public observing nights is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for 17 and under, and is free to Grand Rapids Public Museum members.

Speaker Series

The Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association will also continue its astronomy-themed presentations on Wednesday, April 29, with featured speaker Dr. Jacob Bourjaily.

This presentation brings back Grand Rapids native Dr. Jacob Bourjaily, a professor of theoretical physics at the Neil Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

This presentation is free and will take place at 7:00 p.m. at Schuler Books on 28^th Street.

Dr. Bourjaily is a 2000 graduate of Forest Hills Central High School and the University of Michigan for undergraduate studies. He spent two years at Cambridge University as a Marshall Scholar.

Dr. Bourjaily obtained his PhD at Princeton, and then was a member of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University for three years before accepting his appointment in Denmark.