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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 Year of the Snake Total Lunar Eclipse . .	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 Year of the Dragon Total Solar Eclipse in USA Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas .	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 Life 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" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	26Jul2024 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "T. Corona Borealis, Yet Another Lifetime Opportunity? Dodging the Hyperbole" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	28Jun2024 - Andrew Colwell (LC Mus. Science & Nature) "A Look into the Future of Programming at the Museum of Nature & Science" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	24May2024 - Katie Kizziar (McDonald Observatory) "Overview of the McDonald Observatory" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
26Apr2024 - Eclipse Chasers (ASLC) "2024 Total Solar Eclipse Experiences" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	22Mar2024 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Confessions of a Reluctant Astro-Imager" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	23Feb2024 - Rich Richins (ASLC) "Once in a (Wratten #80A) Blue Moon" (astronomical filters) Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	26Jan2024 - Mallory Conlon (Yerkes Future Foundation) "Rejuvenating Astronomy Education and Research at Yerkes Observatory" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
2023 Year of the Rabbit Annular Solar Eclipse in NM Jupiter-Venus Conjunction Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)	17Nov2023 - Dr. Tod R. Lauer (NOIRLab) "How Dark is Space?" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	27Oct2023 - Vannessa F. Gressieux (Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab) "History and Function of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	22Sep2023 - Dr. Chris Churchill (NMSU) "Quasars: Unveiling the History of the Universe in the Shadows Cast by The Most Distant Blackholes" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
25Aug2023 - Victor Gibbs: (Victor Gibbs Adventure Photography) "Into the Cold Dark Night: Imaging Auroras in Alaska" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	28July2023 - Steve Barkes (ASLC) "Beyond Imagine: Ready for Science" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	23June2023 - Nils Allen (ASLC) "Star (Tourism) Wars: Volunteering and Beyond" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	26May2023 - Wladimir Lyra (NMSU) "How Do Planets Form" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
28Apr2023 - Moonzarin Reza (TAMU) "Dark Matter: Discovery, Significance, and Prediction" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	24Mar2023 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Telescope Eyepieces - A Guide to Navigate the Myriad of Choices" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	24Feb2023 - Steve Barkes (ASLC) "Star Trackers for Portable Astrophotography and More..." Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information [recording inadvertently truncated]	27Jan2023 - Dr. Kelly Lepo (Space Telescope Science Institute ) "Webb's First Look at the Universe" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
2022 Year of the Tiger James Webb Telescope Total Lunar Eclipse DART Mission Impact	18Nov2022 - Dennis Conti (AAVSO Exoplanet Section) "Observing Exoplanets" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	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" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	22Jul2022 - Gordon Telepun 'Eclipse Chaser' "Preparing for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	24Jun2022 - Gary Starkweather (ASLC) "Public Outreach, No Ladder, No Eyepiece" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	27May2022 - Ranimo Bush (ASLC) "Here Come the Sun... Spots" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
22Apr2022 - Tyler Cohen (VLA) "Pulsars and Gravitational Waves" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	25Mar2022 - Dave Finley (VLA) "The Very Large Array: Past and Future" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	25Feb2022 - Kelly Beatty (Sky & Telescope) "Darkness in Distress" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	28Jan2022 - Kevin Schindler (Lowell Observatory) "From Planter to Planets: The Story of Clyde Tombaugh" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
2021 Year of the Ox Total Lunar Eclipse Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Triple Conjunction .	19Nov2021 - Luci Finucan (Greenbank Observatory) "The Greenbank Radio Observatory" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information (note: first ~10 minutes of the recording are missing)	22October - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Old and Unstable - My Experience with Long-term Variable Stars" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information (no audio recording - PPTX file)	24Sep2021 - Dr. Will Grundy (Lowell Observatory) "What the New Horizons Mission Taught Us About Pluto" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information
27Aug2021 - Alex Woronow (ASLC) "The Stellina Telescope - The Future of Astrophotography Has Arrived" Hover cursor here for Bio and Summary information	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 Year of the Rat Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction . .	23Oct2020 - Dave Doctor (ASLC) "The Future of Leasburg Observatory"	25Sept2020 - Tim Kostelecky (ASLC) "Eyepiece Sketches"	24July2020 - Tom Field. "Spectroscopy"

 

 

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