{"id":29308,"date":"2025-06-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=29308"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:13:55","slug":"detroit-observatory-tour-travel-back-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/02\/detroit-observatory-tour-travel-back-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Observatory Tour: Travel Back in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-600x383.png\" alt=\"The U-M Detroit Observatory at night, lit in a warm glow from within.\" class=\"wp-image-29310\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-600x383.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-665x424.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo from the <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitobservatory.umich.edu\/\">Detroit Observatory<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitobservatory.umich.edu\/visit\/#visiting\">Detroit Observatory tour<\/a> covers both the historic building and the addition. Learn about the telescopes, see why the observatory was constructed the way it was, hear about the astronomers who walked its floors in the 19th century (and the discoveries they made), and learn how the addition will ensure the Observatory remains relevant for the future. If the sky is clear on the day of the tour, there may be a chance to view the sun through the daytime telescope!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sessions.studentlife.umich.edu\/track\/event\/19329\">Register now.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator uagb-block-2c9b91d3\"><div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator__inner\" style=\"--my-background-image:\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tour is open to U-M staff and faculty who consider themselves part of the greater technology community at U-M. Tours are one hour long and limited to 30 people. Please arrive 15 minutes early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates &amp; Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday, June 27, 12\u20131 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, July 11, 12\u20131 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location &amp; Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U-M Detroit Observatory is at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.studentlife.umich.edu\/building\/detroit-observatory\">1398 E. Ann Street, Ann Arbor<\/a> (on the corner of Ann and Observatory Streets). Use the entrance on Observatory Street. The Ann Street entrance is no longer in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parking is limited. We recommend the <a href=\"https:\/\/ltp.umich.edu\/lot\/?xyz=cd\">Palmer Drive Parking Structure<\/a>. Metered street parking may be restricted due to nearby construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tour the Detroit Observatory and explore the history of astronomy and of the buildings and observe the sky with trained astronomers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":29310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1067],"tags":[1146],"class_list":["post-29308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-detroit-observatory"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez.png",680,434,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-300x191.png",300,191,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez.png",665,424,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-600x383.png",600,383,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez.png",680,434,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez.png",680,434,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-665x424.png",665,424,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obs-LR-Nunez-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Andrea Bolash, College of Engineering","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/aoertle\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Tour the Detroit Observatory and explore the history of astronomy and of the buildings and observe the sky with trained astronomers.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29308"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29321,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308\/revisions\/29321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}