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Blog Archives
Public Star Night – May 16, 2025 – Little Thompson Observatory
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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 – 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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Special Public Event – Small Town Universe – Saturday October 12, 2024
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertSpecial Public Program – Saturday, October 12, 2024
Berthoud High School Auditorium
Doors Open: 6:30 P.M. | Film: 7:00-8:30 | Meet the Stars: 8:30-9:00 P.M.
Observing at LTO: 9:00-10:00
Exclusive Film Screening – Free to the Public
Award Winning Documentary by Katie Dellamaggiore
Q&A with Physics Graduate Student and SETI Researcher
Ellie White
Small Town Universe paints an intimate and captivating portrait of life in Green Bank,
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Public Star Night – Friday, January 19, 2024 – Dr. Gregory Wirth (updated)
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, January 19, 2024
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
NOTE: Speaker presentation will be in the Berthoud High School Auditorium
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: The Engineering Marvel Unveiling the Infrared Universe
A special presentation by
Dr.
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Public Star Night – Friday, January 19, 2024 – Dr. Gregory Wirth
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, January 19, 2024
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
NOTE: Speaker presentation will be in the Berthoud High School Auditorium
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: The Engineering Marvel Unveiling the Infrared Universe
A special presentation by
Dr.
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Public Star Night – Friday, November 17, 2023 – Dr Craig deForest
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, November 17, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Tales of the Solar Eclipse: from Space and from Earth
A special presentation by
Dr.
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Public Star Night – November 17, 2023 – Craig DeForest
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, November 17, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Tales of the Solar Eclipse: from Space and from Earth
A special presentation by
Dr.
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Public Star Night – October 20, 2023 – Scott Kindt – Astrophotography
by Mark Rennert
Mark RennertPublic Star Night – Friday, October 20, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Astrophotography
A special presentation by
Scott Kindt
Our guest speaker is Scott Kindt,
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The January Public Talk has been posted
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Dawn McCoy
Dawn McCoyThe January Public Talk has been posted on our YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LTOSTARKIDS
Tim Gasparrini talks about “GOES Next-Generation Weather Satellites”
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