Astronomy at the Beach is an annual event held at Kensington Metropark, located near Brighton Michigan. Weather permitting, visitors can look through telescopes at planets, comets and other astronomical objects. There also are introductory astronomy talks aimed at the general public and various astronomy products for sale.
The following photographs were all taken at the ninth annual Astronomy at the Beach, September 9th & 10th, 2005.
On Saturday September 10, 2005 (the second day of the ninth annual “Astronomy at the Beach”) an aurora was visible from Kensington Metropark. See photographs of this aurora.
Photographs on this page were taken by Dave Snyder, Norb Vance and Sharon MacKellar.