Our April video is on YouTube
Allison Barto, The James Webb Space Telescope
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjkehglVGl-oV6eEwWsiVA
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April Video Posted
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Dawn McCoy
Dawn McCoyJune 2018 Volunteer Training
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John Hiatt
John HiattIn case you are interested in becoming a volunteer, or you are a current volunteer who wants to refresh your volunteer knowledge…
Our next LTO volunteer orientation session will be held on Saturday, June 2nd, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. (Date changed to avoid Memorial Day weekend.) This is a chance to meet some of our board members,
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Public Star Night 18 May 2018 – Dr Vicky Hamilton – SwRI – “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission to the Asteroid Bennu (and Back)”
Our guest speaker for this public star night will be Dr Vicky Hamilton from Boulder’s Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and the topic of her talk will about the OSIRIS-REx mission.
The primary objective of NASA’s Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is to return a pristine sample from the asteroid Bennu to help scientists understand the origin and evolution of our solar system,
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Public Star Night – 20 April 2018 – Allison Barto – Ball Aerospace – The James Webb Space Telescope
Our guest speaker for this public star night will be Allison Barto, the program manager for the James Webb Space telescope at Ball Aerospace.
Since the invention of the telescope over 400 years ago, humans have been building bigger and more powerful telescopes in a drive to better understand our amazing Universe.
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Annual Fundraiser for LTO
by John Hiatt
John HiattAttached is a flyer for our Annual Fund Raiser at City Star Brewery in downtown Berthoud on Saturday, March 24. We will do an afternoon solar viewing session between 3 – 5 pm and an evening viewing session from 6 – 9 pm. Hope you can join us and support our observatory.
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Public Star Night March 16, 2018 – John Ensworth – ” Is the world around you a computer simulation?”
“ Is the world around you a computer simulation?” An exploration of information, artificial intelligence, and the thoughts of Elon Musk and Nick Bostrom.
Our guest speaker for this public star night will be our own volunteer and board member John Ensworth.
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February Video Posted
by Dawn McCoy
Dawn McCoyOur February video has been posted on YouTube
Bill Possel, The Cassini Mission at Saturn!
https://www.youtube.com/user/LTOSTARKIDS
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January Video Posted
by Dawn McCoy
Dawn McCoyOur January video has been posted on YouTube
Dr. Cherilynn Morrow, Chaco Astronomy!
https://www.youtube.com/user/LTOSTARKIDS
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Public Star Night 16 Feb 2018 – Bill Possel – “Cassini Mission at Saturn”
Our guest speaker for this public star night will be Bill Possel from Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and space Physics (LASP), and the topic of his talk will be “the Cassini Mission at Saturn – An Epic Ending to an Epic Mission”.
During its “Grand Finale,” the Cassini mission studied a never-before-explored region very close to Saturn.
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February Flyer Posted
by Dawn McCoy
Dawn McCoyThe LTO Flyer for our February 16th Public Talk has been posted. Feel free to download and/or distribute – thanks! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KaQP5APGZbl2U9q6x2kluqlKLEaMIM3v
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