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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 and summaries to compressed mp4 files appear below. (note: you may experience a few seconds of video only at the beginning of some of the movies)

2025 Jan - Richard Wolff-Jacobson Feb - Nils Allen Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov -	28Mar2025	28Feb2025 - Nils Allen (ASLC) "ASLC's First 50 - Pioneers Who Persevered Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	24Jan2025 - Richard Wolff-Jacobson (PiFinder) "Improving The Observing Experience Through Community and Innovation" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
2024 Jan - Mallory Conion Feb - Dr. Rich Richins Mar - Tim Kostelecky Apr - Solar Eclipse Chasers May - Katie Kizzler Jun - Andrew Colwell Jul - Tim Kostelecky Aug - Dr. Jon Holtzman Sep - Scott McLaughlin Oct - Dr. Ilhulyolitzin Pedraza Nov - Dr. Chris Miller	15Nov2024 - Dr. Chris Miller (NMSU) "Tales from a Post-Retirement Post-Doc" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	25Oct2024 - Dr. IIhuiyolitzin Pedraza (DACC/NMSU) "Human Live on Other Worlds" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	27Sept2024 - Scott McLaughlin (Spaceport America): "Status of Spaceport America" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
23Aug2024 - Dr. Jon Holtzman (DarkSky International) "Protecting Dark Skies in New Mexico"	26Jul2024 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "T. Corona Borealis, Yet Another Lifetime Opportunity? Dodging the Hyperbole"	28Jun2024 - Andrew Colwell (LC Mus. Science & Nature) "A Look into the Future of Programming at the Museum of Nature & Science"	24May2024 - Katie Kizziar (McDonald Observatory) "Overview of the McDonald Observatory"
26Apr2024 - Eclipse Chasers (ASLC) "2024 Total Solar Eclipse Experiences"	22Mar2024 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Confessions of a Reluctant Astro-Imager"	23Feb2024 - Rich Richins (ASLC) "Once in a (Wratten #80A) Blue Moon" (astronomical filters)	26Jan2024 - Mallory Conlon (Yerkes Future Foundation) "Rejuvenating Astronomy Education and Research at Yerkes Observatory"
2023	17Nov2023 - Dr. Tod R. Lauer (NOIRLab) "How Dark is Space?"	27Oct2023 - Vannessa F. Gressieux (Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab) "History and Function of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab"	22Sep2023 - Dr. Chris Churchill (NMSU) "Quasars: Unveiling the History of the Universe in the Shadows Cast by The Most Distant Blackholes"
25Aug2023 - Victor Gibbs: (Victor Gibbs Adventure Photography) "Into the Cold Dark Night: Imaging Auroras in Alaska"	28July2023 - Steve Barkes (ASLC) "Beyond Imagine: Ready for Science"	23June2023 - Nils Allen (ASLC) "Star (Tourism) Wars: Volunteering and Beyond"	26May2023 - Wladimir Lyra (NMSU) "How Do Planets Form"
28Apr2023 - Moonzarin Reza (TAMU) "Dark Matter: Discovery, Significance, and Prediction"	24Mar2023 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Telescope Eyepieces - A Guide to Navigate the Myriad of Choices"	24Feb2023 - Steve Barkes (ASLC) "Star Trackers for Portable Astrophotography and More..." [recording inadvertently truncated]	27Jan2023 - Dr. Kelly Lepo (Space Telescope Science Institute ) "Webb's First Look at the Univers Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
2022	18Nov2022 - Dennis Conti (AAVSO Exoplanet Section) "Observing Exoplanets"	28Oct2022 - Eric Hintz (BYU) "Short Period Pulsating Variables" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	23Sep2022 - Prof. Steven Lowry (University of Kent, UK) "Citizen Science Project: Hunting Outbursting Young Stars - HOYS" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
26Aug2022 - Dr. Chris Churchill (NMSU) "Quasar Absorption"	22Jul2022 - Gordon Telepun 'Eclipse Chaser' "Preparing for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse"	24Jun2022 - Gary Starkweather (ASLC) "Public Outreach, No Ladder, No Eyepiece"	27May2022 - Ranimo Bush (ASLC) "Here Come the Sun... Spots"
22Apr2022 - Tyler Cohen (VLA) "Pulsars and Gravitational Waves"	25Mar2022 - Dave Finley (VLA) "The Very Large Array: Past and Future"	25Feb2022 - Kelly Beatty (Sky & Telescope) "Darkness in Distress"	28Jan2022 - Kevin Schindler (Lowell Observatory) "From Planter to Planets: The Story of Clyde Tombaugh"
2021	19Nov2021 - Luci Finucan (Greenbank Observatory) "The Greenbank Radio Observatory" (first ~10 minutes of recording are missing)	22October - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Old and Unstable - My Experience with Long-term Variable Stars" (no recording - PPTX file)	24Sep2021 - Dr. Will Grundy (Lowell Observatory) "What the New Horizons Mission Taught Us About Pluto"
27Aug2021 - Alex Woronow (ASLC) "The Stellina Telescope - The Future of Astrophotography Has Arrived"	23Jul2021 - Al Nagler (Tele Vue) "I Thank My Lucky Stars" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	25Jun2021 - Vic Maris (Stellarvue) "World Class Refractors" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	21May2021 - Scott Ostrem (Virgin Galactic) "The Journey to Space Aboard a Virgin Galactic Space System" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
23Apr2021 - Brandon Hamil "The Travelling Astronomer" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	26Mar2021 - Jens Thielmann (ASLC) "Conceiving, Designing, and Building an 18” Dob: An Iterative Approach or How I Spent my Covid Year." Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	26Feb2021 - Cameron Trapp (UCSD) "Galaxies on FIRE: Simulating Galaxies with Realistic Stellar Feedback" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	22Jan2021 - John Biggs. "A Walking Tour of Optical History" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
2020	23Oct2020 - Dave Doctor (ASLC) "The Future of Leasburg Observatory"	25Sept2020 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Eyepiece Sketches"	24July2020 - Tom Field. "Spectroscopy"

 

 

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