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INSIDE ORBIT

The Inside Orbit, previously a monthly/quarterly publication, has been reimagined as GRAAA's blog for in-depth articles about a wide range of topics of current interest to amateur astronomers.

The name Inside Orbit was introduced in the 1960s for a regular newsletter, which subsequently expanded to a printed periodical for many years (previous issues from 2005-2014 can be found in the Archive). In recent years, it has been an online publication, published intermittently. As a blog, the Inside Orbit will revitalize this longtime means of exchange and provide an avenue for both members and friends of GRAAA to post their work.

Articles submitted will be accepted based on topic and may be subject to editing. Send contributions for consideration to temporary editor Dave DeBruyn.

The Great Michigan Fireball of January 2018

Dave DeBruyn

Feb 21, 2018
5 min

The Great Michigan Fireball of January 2018

Longtime friend and colleague Todd Slisher has been an astronomy geek since his days growing up in the Grand Rapids area. He was an active student member of GRAAA prior to going on to college at the University of Michigan, and then a career as a museum/planetarium specialist. Todd is currently the executive director of the Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium in Flint. On Tuesday evening, January 16th, Slisher was in his home near Brighton watching “Jurassic Park” on his base

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The Detroit Observatory and its Legacy for University of Michigan Astronomy

Andrew D. Fraser

Feb 21, 2017
9 min

The Detroit Observatory and its Legacy for University of Michigan Astronomy

Editor's Note: Andrew Fraser grew up in Muskegon and was a member of GRAAA in the 1960’s while a student at Grand Valley State University. After graduate work at the University of Michigan, he went on to a long business career in the Minneapolis area, where he also continued his avocational interest in astronomy as a founding member of the Minnesota Astronomical Society, Inc. As retirement approached, he decided to obtain a masters degree in astronomy. He presently consults a

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