George Iwaszek: Head in the stars, heart in the science - Berthoud Weekly Surveyor

George Iwaszek: Head in the stars, heart in the science - Berthoud Weekly Surveyor

There is serious scientific space exploration taking place most nights in a roomy Berthoud backyard. There, among beautiful beds of flowers, fragrant lilacs and soon-to-be-planted vegetable gardens, stands an observatory with a half-ton research-grade telescope pointed toward the heavens. At night, the dome opens and the telescope moves toward a target—usually some distant star, far outside our own solar system. All night the telescope tracks the