Public Star Night – Friday, September 19, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00PM | Guest Speaker 7:30PM | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00PM
String Theory Is Not Dead –
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Public Star Night – August 15, 2025 – Insights from OSIRIS-REx and Asteroid Bennu
by 
Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, August 15, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00PM | Guest Speaker 7:30PM | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00PM
Insights from OSIRIS-REx and Asteroid Bennu: What Sample Return Has Revealed and Implications for Remote Measurements of Primitive Asteroids
A special presentation by
Victoria Hamilton,
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Middle School STEM Summer Camp at LTO
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertIf you have a middle schooler that loves science, technology, engineering or math this is the event for them. Our own super volunteer, Daniela Ortiz is leading this event.
See the information on the flyer below and scan the QR code in the lower left.
We hope to see a lot of enthusiastic middle school students on July 26th at LTO!
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Public Star Night – June 20, 2025 – Protecting Dark Skies for All
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, June 20, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00PM | Guest Speaker NA | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00PM
Protecting Dark Skies for All
A special presentation by
Suzanne Metlay,
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Public Star Night – May 16, 2025 – Little Thompson Observatory
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, May 16, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00PM | Guest Speaker NA | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00PM
No Speaker this month
While we don’t have a speaker this month we will be open for you to come out and look through our large 24 inch Newtonian,
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Public Star Night – April 18, 2025 – NASA’s Lucy Mission
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, April 18, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00PM | Guest Speaker 7:30PM | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00PM
NASA’s Lucy Mission
A special event with
Ivy Knudsen
NASA’s Lucy mission launched in October of 2021 and will be visiting a record-breaking number of Trojan asteroids.
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Public Star Night – February 21, 2025
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, February 21, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 5:30PM | Guest Speaker N/A | Observing at LTO: 6:00-10:00PM
While we don’t have a speaker this month, our volunteers will be available for you to come out and look through our large 18 inch Cassegrain and 6 inch Astro-Physics telescopes.
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Public Star Night for Jan 17th is Cancelled
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertCANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST
Public Star Night – Friday, January 17, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker N/A | Observing at LTO: 7:00-10:00
CANCELLED
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Public Star Night – Friday, January 17, 2025 (corrected)
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, January 17, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker N/A | Observing at LTO: 7:00-10:00
No Speaker this month
While we don’t have a speaker this month we will be open for you to come out and look through our large 18 inch Cassegrain and 6 inch Astro-Physics telescopes.
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