Note: The August Star Night has been postponed and moved to Friday Sept 15th
The Little Thompson Observatory
850 Spartan Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513
Bringing science and math down to earth!
Public Star Night – Friday,
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Note: The August Star Night has been postponed and moved to Friday Sept 15th
The Little Thompson Observatory
850 Spartan Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513
Bringing science and math down to earth!
Public Star Night – Friday,
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Note: The August Star Night has been postponed and moved to Friday Sept 15th
The Little Thompson Observatory
850 Spartan Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513
Bringing science and math down to earth!
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The Little Thompson Observatory
850 Spartan Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513
Bringing science and math down to earth!
Public Star Night – Friday, June 16, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Healing the Ozone Hole
A special presentation by
Dr.…
The Little Thompson Observatory
850 Spartan Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513
Bringing science and math down to earth!
Public Star Night – Friday, May 19, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Lucy – The First to the Trojans
A special presentation by
Dr.
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Public Star Night – Friday, April 21, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Dark Skies Matter
A special presentation by
Deborah Price
Light pollution blots out much of our night sky and prevents us from seeing the views that our ancestors enjoyed,
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Public Star Night – Friday, March 17, 2023
Little Thompson Observatory
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
Hands-On Science in the Age of Computer Screens
A special presentation by
Ana Bucki Lopez
Director,
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Berthoud High School Auditorium
Doors Open: 7:00 | Guest Speaker: 7:30-8:30 | Observing at LTO: 8:30-10:00
The Webb Space Telescope
What drove the design and how is it doing
A special presentation by
Dr. Paul Lightsey
Mission Systems Engineering,…
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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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 – 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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