News

Professor Fred Grey chairs the Physics and Astronomy Department at Regis University in Denver. On a recent episode of Colorado Matters, he talks about the significance of this research. He also discusses technology transfer and the role his students played in the research.

In the April issue: 

• Front Cover - “Headphones Nebula” by Stephen Garretson
• Back Cover - “M82” by M. J. Post
• Next meeting is “How do galaxies get their shapes?” By Angela Collier on April 15 at 7 pm
• Secretary notes for the March 18 meeting by Sven Schmidt
• Astronomical highlights for April
• Navigating the mid April night sky by John Goss
• Celestial events this April by John Goss
• How to locate Vesta by John Goss
• Comets C/2019L3 (ATLAS) and C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)
• Newsletter archives for April 1991, 2001, and 2011
• LAS member images from March

The International Dark Sky Association designation makes Mesa Verde the 100th International Dark Sky Park.

All the Cosmos a Canvas, opening on March 21, exhibits photos from the Hubble Space Telescope that highlight 'the natural beauty in our universe that’s often overlooked.'

The museum has Space and Rocketry exhibits too.

In the March issue: 

• Front Cover -“Rosette” by M. J.Post
• Back Cover - “Cone Nebula” by M. J. Post
• Next meeting is “All These Worlds: The Exoplanet Revolution” by Dr. Dan Durda (Mar 18 @ 7pm)
• “Crescent Moon and Mars slide between Hyades and Pleiades” by John Goss
• From our newsletter archives: March 1991, 2001, and 2011
• Comets for March - C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) and the newly discovered SWAN 21D
• Secretary Notes for Feb. 18 meeting by Sven Schmidt
• LAS member images from Feb. 2021

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The December 2020 newsletter is now available at https://www.longmontastro/newsletters

The LAS newsletter for November, 2020 is now available online. 

The July 2020 LAS Newsletter is available for download. at https://www.longmontastro.org/newsletters .