Archived Recordings of The Clyde W. Tombaugh Lecture Series

Since July 2020, the club has been recording and archiving ZOOM presentations given by lecture series participants. Links to compressed mp4 files appear below. (note: you may experience a few seconds of video only at the beginning of some of the movies)

* 24July2020 - Tom Field. "Spectroscopy"

• 25Sept2020 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC). "Eyepiece Sketches"

• 23Oct2020 - Dave Doctor (ASLC). "The Future of Leasburg Observatory"

• 22Jan2021 - John Biggs. "A Walking Tour of Optical History" (PPSX file. Open file and allow to play. Voice recording is included in file)

• 26Feb2021 - Cameron Trapp (UCSD). "Galaxies on FIRE: Simulating Galaxies with Realistic Stellar Feedback"

• 26Mar2021 - Jens Thielmann. "Conceiving, Designing, and Building an 18” Dob: An Iterative Approach or How I Spent my Covid Year."

• 23Apr2021 - Brandon Hamil. "The Travelling Astronomer"

• 21May2021 - Scott Ostrem (Virgin Galactic). "The Journey to Space Aboard a Virgin Galactic Space System"

* 25Jun2021 - Vic Maris (Stellarvue). "World Class Refractors"

• 23Jul2021 - Al Nagler (Tele Vue). "I Thank My Lucky Stars"

• 27Aug2021 - Alex Woronow (ASLC). "The Stellina Telescope - The Future of Astrophotography Has Arrived"

• 24Sep2021 - Dr. Will Grundy (Lowell Observatory). "What the New Horizons Mission Taught Us About Pluto"

• 22October - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC). "Old and Unstable - My Experience with Long-term Variable Stars" (no recording - PPTX file)

• 19Nov2021 - Luci Finucan (Greenbank Observatory). "The Greenbank Radio Observatory" (first ~10 minutes of recording are missing)

• 28Jan2022 - Kevin Schindler (Lowell Observatory). "From Planter to Planets: The Story of Clyde Tombaugh"

• 25Feb2022 - Kelly Beatty (Sky & Telescope). "Darkness in Distress"

• 25Mar2022 - Dave Finley (VLA). "The Very Large Array: Past and Future"

• 22Apr2022 - Tyler Cohen (VLA). "Pulsars and Gravitational Waves"

• 27May2022 - Ranimo Bush (ASLC). "Here Come the Sun... Spots"

• 24Jun2022 - Gary Starkweather. "Public Outreach, No Ladder, No Eyepiece"

• 22Jul2022 - Gordon Telepun. "Preparing for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse"

• 26Aug2022 - Dr. Chris Churchill (NMSU): "Quasar Absorption"

• 23Sep2022 - Prof. Steven Lowry. "Citizen Science Project: Hunting Outbursting Young Stars - HOYS"

• 28Oct2022 - Eric Hintz. "Short Period Pulsating Variables"

• 18Nov2022 - Dennis Conti. "Observing Exoplanets"

• 27Jan2023 - Dr. Kelly Lepo: "Webb's First Look at the Universe"

• 24Feb2023 - Steve Barkes: "Star Trackers for Portable Astrophotography and More..." [recording inadvertently truncated]

• 24Mar2023 - Tim Kostelecky: "Telescope Eyepieces - A Guide to Navigate the Myriad of Choices"

• 28Apr2023 - Moonzarin Reza (TAMU): "Dark Matter: Discovery, Significance, and Prediction"

• 26May2023 - Wladimir Lyra (NMSU): "How Do Planets Form"

• 23June2023 - Nils Allen (ASLC): "Star (Tourism) Wars: Volunteering and Beyond"

• 28July2023 - Steve Barkes (ASLC): "Beyond Imagine: Ready for Science"

• 25Aug2023 - Victor Gibbs: "Into the Cold Dark Night: Imaging Auroras in Alaska"

• 22Sep2023 - Dr. Chris Churchill (NMSU): "Quasars: Unveiling the History of the Universe in the Shadows Cast by The Most Distant Blackholes"

• 27Oct2023 - Vannessa F. Gressieux (Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab): "History and Function of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab"

• 17Nov2023 - Dr. Tod R. Lauer (NOIRLab): "How Dark is Space?"

• 26Jan2024 - Mallory Conlon (Yerkes Future Foundation): "Rejuvenating Astronomy Education and Research at Yerkes Observatory"

• 23Feb2024 - Rich Richins (ASLC): "Once in a (Wratten #80A) Blue Moon"