Hector J. Robinson Observatory

Can you visit Hector J. Robinson Observatory? No regular public access

School use; no general public program.

For telescope views near Hector J. Robinson Observatory, see the observatories open to the public and astronomy clubs nearby; clubs hold free public star parties.

What Hector J. Robinson Observatory observes

The list does not describe the instruments at Hector J. Robinson Observatory yet; the official site has them.

How dark the sky is at Hector J. Robinson Observatory

Hector J. Robinson Observatory has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Research telescopes are often sited on mountains above the haze, so the real sky can be darker than the map suggests.

Hector J. Robinson Observatory among the observatories of Michigan

Green dots are observatories open to the public, blue dots research or private sites, squares dark sky places; select one for its page. See Michigan observatories for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Hector J. Robinson Observatory (Wikipedia): 42.246°N, 83.187°W.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Hector J. Robinson Observatory

Nearest dark sky places

Other observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Sherzer ObservatoryYpsilanti, Michigan, 37 km (23 mi). Open to the public on clear Monday evenings 7:30 pm Oct-Apr, select evenings in summer, with EMU Astronomy Club
• Peach Mountain ObservatoryDexter, Michigan, 45 km (28 mi). Free public open houses on select Saturday nights from dusk
• Detroit ObservatoryAnn Arbor, Michigan, 46 km (28 mi). Saturday open houses (e.g. noon-5 pm) and special events; Lowbrow Astronomers meet here monthly
• Angell Hall Student ObservatoryAnn Arbor, Michigan, 49 km (31 mi). Free public open houses on select Friday nights, about 9-11 pm
• Ritter ObservatoryToledo, Ohio, 72 km (44 mi). First Friday monthly the public planetarium program (7:30 pm, 8:30 pm May-Sep; $8 adults) observes with the Ritter 1m, weather permitting
• Ritter Planetarium and Brooks ObservatoryToledo, Ohio, 73 km (45 mi). Friday evening planetarium shows ($8 adults) followed by telescope viewing at Brooks Observatory atop McMaster Hall, weather permitting

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Ford Amateur Astronomy ClubDearborn, Michigan, 3 km (2 mi)
• Warren Astronomical SocietyWarren, Michigan, 34 km (21 mi). Meets 1st Monday monthly, Cranbrook Institute of Science auditorium
• Eastern Michigan Univ. Astronomy ClubYpsilanti, Michigan, 37 km (23 mi). Meets Eastern Michigan University campus, Ypsilanti
• Oakland Astronomy ClubRochester Hills, Michigan, 46 km (29 mi). Meets Monthly Sunday, 7-9 pm
• University Lowbrow AstronomersAnn Arbor, Michigan, 49 km (31 mi)

Star parties near Hector J. Robinson Observatory

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Hector J. Robinson Observatory record

From the site's observatories dataset (observatories_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.