Mark RennertSpecial Public Star Night – Friday, November 21, 2025
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker NA | 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 24 inch Newtonian,
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Mark RennertSpecial Public Star Night – Friday, October 24, 2024
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker NA | 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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Mark RennertPublic 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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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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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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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
A special presentation by
Suzanne Metlay,
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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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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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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
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