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E-MAIL NEWSLETTER

Otter Creek-South Harrison Observatories produce a free e-mail newsletter. The newsletter covers events at the observatory and park, and general topics in astronomy.

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, send an e-mail to christopher.graney@kctcs.edu.

Observatory Newsletters:

	#47 September 2019 **LATEST ISSUE** – The Space Station and Saturn
	#46 April 2019 – Ten Years of South Harrison
	#45 February 2019 – Galileo’s Letter
	#44 September 2018 – End of the Planet Show, Super Program, More Conservative View of the Weather
	#43 February 2018 – Super Sunrise Blue Blood Moon!
	#42 August 2017 – Where to go for the 2017 solar eclipse!
	#41 February 2017 – Watch Venus Go!
	#40 September 2016 – How Do We Know What the Stars Are?
	#39 February 2016 – Perihelion Day, Follow-up on “Beneath the Same Sky”, UofL Astro Talks
	#38 December 2015 – Program at the Louisville Library: “Beneath the Same Sky”
	#37 April 2015 – The Calendar, the Moon, Passover, and Easter
	#36 October 2014 – Eclipses! Eclipses! Eclipses!
	#35 February 2014 – Comet ISON a bust, a Radio Telescope at the observatory, observatory staffer in Scientific American, photos from observatory visitors
	#34 December 2013 – “Inspired Science” at the Library, Comet ISON
	#33 August 2013 – Comet ISON, Apollo 11 Louisville on BBC, Galaxy photo
	#32 January 2013 – Observatory staffers at work on research, photography
	#31 May 2012 – The Heavens Block the Sun! Eclipse of the Sun; Transit of Venus
	#30 January 2012 – Venus, Mars, and Jupiter put on a Show; “Are You Smarter Than a 17^th-Century Geocentrist?”; Good-bye to Dark and Gloom
	#29 September 2011 – Making Photo Mosaics of the Night Sky; Summer 2011 Telescope Camp; ALIENS! 100 Years Ago, Martians Were Real; More ALIENS! Extra-Terrestrial Life Debate October 17 at the Rauch Planetarium
	#28 April 2011 – Super full moon
	#27 February 2011 – Our research goes viral; Telescope camp 2010
	#26 September 2010 – Galileo’s telescope at observatory
	#25 June 2010 – Beware of aliens
	#24 Special Issue March 12, 2010 – Happy 400th Birthday, Modern World!
	#23 March 2010 – Henry Sipes: JPL Solar System Ambassador; Starry Messenger at the Louisville Free Public Libraries; Five years of Observer
	#22 December 2009 – Lunar Eavesdropping in Louisville; Galaxy photographs from Henry Sipes; Research talk at planetarium
	#21 October 2009 – Cincinnati Observatory
	#20 September 2009 – Great Astronomy Exhibits: “Fathers of Astronomy” & “Telescope: Through the Looking Glass”
	#19 April 2009 – How Did They Know That?; South Harrison Park
	#18 February 2009 – Update on the Status of Otter Creek Observatory; How Did They Know That?; Watch Venus and the Moon in Late February.
	#17 January 2009 – Observatory Closing/Opening!; Update on Research; How Did They Know That?
	#16 December 2008 – Dance of the Planets; Learn About the History of Astronomy
	#15 October 2008 – Meet Karl Schmidt; October 2 and the Invention of the Telescope; Galileo Work from Otter Creek Makes Science Headlines
	#14 September 2008 – Meet Henry Sipes; International Year of Astronomy 2009
	#13 June 2008 – Observatories in the Louisville Region
	#12 February 2008 – On the Accuracy of Galileo’s Observations (Courtesy of Kentucky)
	#11 December 2007 – About Light Pollution; About Daylight
	#10 September 2007 – A Big Name in Amateur Astronomy Comes to Louisville
	#9 July 2007 – WE’RE OPEN AGAIN!
	#8 May 2007 – THE END IS NEAR!
	#7 February 2007 – Observatory partially closed for new telescopes; Telescope design
	#6 November 2006 – Observatory partially closed for new telescopes; Pluto
	#5 September 2006 – Observatory partially closed for new telescopes; Iridium flares; Welcome Henry Sipes and Sam Arslanian
	#4 June 2006 – Observatory to partially close for new telescopes; the Sun
	#3 January 2006 – Venus
	#2 May 2005 – What is a planet?
	#1 March 2005 – New telescope; Find Saturn; Dr. Mark Chantell at Jefferson Community College’s Southwest Campus