Comments on: Mo’stronomy in Motown

By: man on the moon

man on the moon — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:09:20 +0000

i grew up just north of A2, spent a fair amount of time in lots of places around there. While as a city Detroit is rather miserable (sorry, I happen to agree!) they do have some sweet museums. We did several trips to the children’s science museum (whatever it’s called, I LOVED it) and Cranbrook’s various offerings. Cranbrook I appreciated much more as a middle/high schooler than as a kid.

Now I live in sunny California, but am actually in Michigan this week for the brother’s graduation, but plans are made for the today. As I write this, you are probably gearing up or getting up for the program. If you ever make it back to the general Bay area in Cali, I may stop by!

By: Arnold

Arnold — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:57:28 +0000

Cranbrook is an art academy, high school, girls school, and they have a science museum among other things. If I didn’t have another art event to attend tonight I would be at Cranbrook but as it is I think I will be there Saturday at 1:00. Funny though to have just found this page two days ago and then yesterday you reveal that you’re coming to my area only weeks before I abandon southeast Michigan for graduate school in Wisconsin… Must be the result of some kind of astrological symmetry or some such…

By: baryogenesis

baryogenesis — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:18:46 +0000

The whole focus of Cranbrook must have changed, for I seem to remember it as an art school . Come to think of it, I recall seeing an article about their selling off the Egyptian artifacts from their museum collection years ago. While there, ask the locals about the Red Fox Inn; last known siting of Jimmy Hoffa, not far from there. Some Michiganders have a bit of a nasally accent.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:06:39 +0000

I’ll be at Cranbrook. Won’t make it to the Detroit Science Center on Sat, as Cranbrook is hosting Astronomy Day, as usual. The Warren Astronomical Society (a club) is supporting the event with solar scopes. Afterwards, we’re doing an open house at our observatory. Come see the 22″ Dob.

Hope the weather cooperates. We often get the Michigan Nebula. A much more frequent beast than, for example, the Arizona Nebula. Detroit is 2nd only to Seattle for cloudy days. When we go a calendar month without sunshine, it’s hard to imagine Seattle.

By: Clair

Clair — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:09:50 +0000

I was so ready to hop on a plane to be there for the day, but alas… no real public transit and I can’t afford a rental car or a taxi to and from the airport.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:08:18 +0000

Hehe, I remember a high school science club trip to Cranbrook. We saw the Dark Side of the Moon Laserium show at their planetarium. They have an awesome collection of gems, stones, geodes, etc..

BA a Wolverine? First thing I’ve been disappointed in learning about you

By: Zyggy

Zyggy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:51:46 +0000

mmmm….Vernor’s. I have to pay about $7 a six-pack in Salt Lake City for a taste of that…Oh, right, this is about Bad Astronomy, not good soda.

IMHO many more places (Salina, KS., Texas in general) NEED to have this type of program to reveal misconceptions in the world of science. Bravo Phil!

…now if someone could only make a mainstream show that debunks all that “intelligent design” nonsense.