galaxy forum kansas 2016 - out of the darkness - fred gassert
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Out of the Darkness
Into the Light
July, 1980 New Observatory to be built at
Lake Afton
Lake Afton Public Observatory 501(c)3
Hours of operation 1980
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Public Occasionally for PhotographicSessions
Nightly for WSU Astronomy Lab
Nightly for USD #259Classes
Nightly for WSU Astronomy Lab
Nightly for USD #259Classes
PublicObserving
PublicObserving
By 1995 Ownership and operation changed
By 1995 Ownership and operation changed
Hours of operation 1995
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Public Occasionally for PhotographicSessions
Nightly for WSU Astronomy Lab
Special Requests / Events
Nightly for WSU Astronomy Lab
Special Requests /Events / Scout Nights
PublicObserving
3rd Friday KAO Meetings
PublicObserving
By 2012
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Public Quarterly for PhotographicSessions
Special events only
Special events only
Special events only
Special Events and OccasionalScout Nights
PublicObserving
3rd Friday KAO Meetings
PublicObserving
August 22, 2015 Ownership and operation changed.
Again.
Kansas Astronomical Observers
Open Wichita
Exploratory Team
Lake Afton Public Observatory is a 501c3 organization
A 501c3, is a United States nonprofit organization that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service to be tax-exempt under the terms of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
LAPO Directors
• Originally made up of members representing
•Sedgwick County
•City of Wichita
•USD #259
•WSU
Lake Afton Public Observatory (LAPO)Building Owned by Sedgwick County
WSU owned the 16” Telescope
Transfers needed
Telescope from WSU to the LAPO 501(c)3
LAPO 501(c)3 to add new Board members
Fred Gassert, Harold Henderson, Chris Lamer and Karl Peterjohn
Existing Board then Resigns
Completed March 2016
July 6, 2016 Sedgwick County Signed Lease With
LAPO board
Now we upgrade the displays
New TV Monitors in Lobby&
Main Exhibition Area
Keystone – M-13 in Hercules
Messier 13 (M13), also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of about 300,000 stars in the constellation of Hercules.
We Could Even go LIVE!!!!!
Path of 2017 Eclipse
What is a Total Solar
Eclipse?
Virtual Reality Headsets
Different Types of Telescopes
Plans are to reopen Labor Day Weekend
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Public Quarterly for PhotographicSessions
Special events only
Special events only
Special events only
Special Events and OccasionalScout Nights
PublicObserving
3rd Friday KAO Meetings
PublicObserving
Lakeafton.com
Come Join Us
Let’s Explore the Universe Together
Fred Gassert, Chairman –[email protected]
Harold Henderson, Director –[email protected]