Yearly Archives: 2021

Virtual Public Star Night 18 June 2021

Our guest speaker for this virtual public star night will be Dr Suzanne Metlay, full-time faculty at Western Governors University.  The title of her presentation is “UAE and China at Mars”.
The link to the broadcast is here: https://bit.ly/3vSgZbt

Before NASA landed the Perseverance rover mission on Mars,

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Bunyan Observatory is looking for Volunteers

The Bunyan Observatory at the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum (www.berthoudhistoricalsociety.org) in Berthoud is planning to open its doors for star gazing at dusk on the first Friday of every month, starting in June and ending in September 2021. They are looking for a few volunteers to be trained and to run the star nights this summer.

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Virtual Public Star Night 16 April 2021, 8pm

Virtual Public Star Night – Friday, April 16, 2021
 Guest Speaker: 8:00-9:00 | Telescope Images: 9:00-10:00 – weather permitting

Here is the link for the broadcast: https://youtu.be/iq2XouHnZAU
 
“Metamorphosis – Seeing Supernovae in a New Light”

Our guest speaker for this virtual public star night will be Dr Jennifer Hoffman,

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Virtual Public Star Night February 19th, 2021 8pm – Axions

We are going to attempt our first virtual public star night live on 2/19/2021 at 8pm! John Ensworth will present “Axions – the Answer to Dark Matter, and more?” Afterwards, weather permitting, we will show some live views through the 24″ reflector. We recommend using the largest display you have access to for better viewing.

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