The Warm Room: This is your first stop, where we offer talks and other presentations. It can comfortably accommodate 30 visitors. The “star wall” of the presentation room illustrates the full year’s night sky. It shows constellations, major stars, and selected deep-sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. The star wall also depicts the sky from the cultural perspective of the First Nations, specifically the Lakota Sioux. We like to turn the main lights down so that the stars glow under the ultraviolet lights. This room also includes a digital projection system for showing films or computer slide shows.
Feel free to download or view the following materials:
Click here to learn about the LTO Star Walls
Click here to learn about the 24″ Mt. Wilson telescope
Click here to learn about the 18″ Tinsley telescope
Click here to learn about the 6″ Astrophysics telescope
Click here to learn about our SolarMax 60
Click here to learn about the LTO Radio Telescope Antenna Project
Click here to view the installation video of the new LTO Radio Telescope Dish
Click here to read about the 3.8 Meter Radio Dish First Light
Click here to read about the Helical Antenna System
Click here to look through the AllSky Camera
Click here to see LTO’s Meteor Optical Detectors that are part of the Global Meteor Network
Click here to see LTO’s East-facing camera, US005H
Click here to see LTO’s South-facing camera, US5005J
Click here to see LTO’s North-facing camera, US005N
Click here to see an explanation of the plots and images of meteor detection
Click here to learn about Live Meteor Detection at 54 MHz
Click here to learn about Galactic Hydrogen at 1420 MHz
Click here to view the LTO Weather Station
Click here to read the Colorado Life Magazine Article
