Steve and Tere Ross
Natalie and Jim Day
This year’s event was well attended with a total of 30 guests, all who boarded the bus at the CSULB campus. Upon arrival, the guests explored the museum portion of the observatory and enjoyed the new planetarium show at the Samuel Oschin Planetarium.
The Griffith Observatory http://www.griffithobs.org is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place and one of southern California's most popular attractions. The observatory was originally conceived by some of the finest scientific minds of the 1930s and built with the finest materials of the day. With this in mind, the City of Los Angeles and Friends of the Observatory committed themselves to this same spirit of excellence in every aspect of planning the renovation and expansion project. Thus, after nearly 67 years of heavy public use, the Griffith Observatory closed its doors in 2002 for its first comprehensive renovation and expansion. This ambitious $93-million project renewed the Observatory's world-class standing and restored and enhanced the Observatory's ability to pursue its public astronomy mission, all driven by a commitment to excellence and enabled by a successful public-private partnership.
The next Emeriti Faculty event will be a lunch and lecture on Nov. 9 in the Anatol Center on campus, which will feature Dr. Carl Lipo’s ongoing research project on Easter Island. Please visit Dr. Lipo’s website at http://www.csulb.edu/~clipo for further information on his research.
