Public Star Night 15 April 2016 – Dr Travis Metcalfe – “Searching for planets around other stars”

Our guest speaker for Friday April 15, 2016 will be Dr Travis Metcalfe from the Space Science Institute. The title of his talk will be “Searching for planets around other stars”

The past two decades have witnessed accelerating progress on one of the most fundamental questions in
astronomy: Are we alone in the Universe?

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Public Star Night 18 March 2016 – Brian Enke – “Where will NASA build its first research facility on Mars?”

Our speaker will be Brian Enke from the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder and the title of his talk will be “Where will NASA build its first research facility on Mars?”

Since 2006, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission has dazzled planetary scientists with stunning visual imagery of Mars at resolutions up to 25 cm/pixel.

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January Video Posted

The video from our January talk has been published on YouTube.

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Public Star Night 19 February – Paul Hemmick & Shawn Dahl – NOAA – Space Weather

Our speakers for this evening will be Paul Hemmick and Shawn Dahl from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, CO.

Paul Hemmick will introduce us to the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps. The NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, is one of seven federal uniformed services of the United States and operates under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

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December video posted on YouTube

The video from our December talk has been published on YouTube. Star of Wonder with John Ensworth. John shows us the possible origin of the Star of Bethlehem using various historical time-lines and current modern day techniques to attempt to solve the mystery. Updated for 2015.
https://youtu.be/5pItRejoMQU

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Public Star Night 15 January 2016 – The Invisible Universe: Radio Astronomy at LTO and BHS

The evening’s program will cover new developments in radio astronomy and demonstrate some of the radio science projects now being conducted at the Little Thompson Observatory.

Highlight of the presentation will be reports from two Berthoud High School teams who recently conducted radio astronomy experiments through an internship program with LTO as part of Berthoud High School’s initiative on Science,

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LTO November YouTube Video Posted

The video from our November talk has been published on YouTube
Deploying the Hubble Space Telescope with Astronaut Loren Shriver

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Public Star Night 18 December 2015 – John Ensworth – The Star of Wonder

Our guest speaker for this public star night will be our own volunteer John Ensworth and the title of his talk will be “The Star of Wonder”.

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM FASCINATES.
The nature of the star has been lost in history, confused by the passage of time.

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LTO YouTube Video

The video from our October talk has been published on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/_QCc-0RJwxI

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Public Star Night 20 November 2015 – Loren Shriver – “Deploying the Hubble Space Telescope”

Our guest speaker for Friday November 20, 2015 will be Astronaut Loren Shriver.  The title of his talk will be “Deploying the Hubble Space Telescope”

Colonel Shriver will share insights from his years of service at NASA, offering attendees a unique appreciation for the vastness of space that has yielded new scientific understandings but still holds great mystery.

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