A four-season historic wilderness resort at the top of the Keweenaw, est. in 1934
About the Workshop The purpose of this workshop is to educate people on how to capture the beauty of the night sky on camera. Topics being covered include equipment needed, camera settings, and the best for viewing. These workshops will start out with a brief powerpoint presentation (at the Outdoor Activity Center), and then we …
About the Workshop The purpose of this workshop is to educate people on how to capture the beauty of the night sky on camera. Topics being covered include equipment needed, camera settings, and the best for viewing. These workshops will start out with a brief powerpoint presentation (at the Outdoor Activity Center), and then we …
About the Workshop The purpose of this workshop is to educate people on how to capture the beauty of the night sky on camera. Topics being covered include equipment needed, camera settings, and the best for viewing. These workshops will start out with a brief powerpoint presentation (at the Outdoor Activity Center), and then we …
The Perseids are a popular meteor shower, as they peak on warm August nights as seen from the northern hemisphere. This year, the Perseids start to be active on July 17 and will continue through August 24. Their peak will be August 11th and 12th. From the top of the Keweenaw at the Lodge, where …
The Draconids is a minor meteor shower. It will produce around 10 meteors per hour. While this meteor shower is not a large meteor shower, it is a meteor shower that would be good for families with small children as it can be viewed in the early evening (as opposed to the early morning hours). …
The Orionids is a meteor shower that will produce up to 20 meteors per hour. This meteor shower is grains of dust. These grains of dust were left behind by the Halley comet.
About the Workshop The purpose of this workshop is to educate people on the best practices of light management for enjoying the dark skies and for stargazing activities. The workshop will cover the lighting activities we have been working on at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge to be dark-sky compliant per the International Dark-Sky Association's lighting …
The Taurids is a meteor shower that produces 5-10 meteors per hour. This meteor shower is unique to view because it is made up of two separate streams rather than one. The first stream is produced by dust grains (left behind by Asteroid 2004 TG10). The second stream consists of debris left behind by Comet …
About the Workshop The purpose of this workshop is to educate people on how to capture the beauty of the northern lights and the night sky on camera. Topics being covered include equipment needed, camera settings, and the best locations for viewing. These workshops will start out with a brief powerpoint presentation (in the conference …
The Leonids is a meteor shower that produces around 15 meteors per hour, but can be intense as these meteors can fall at rates as high as 50,000 per hour (source: space.com). Note: A full moon might be in the sky these nights, which might detract from viewing the meteors.