The Little Thompson Observatory (LTO) was started in 1996 as a grassroots effort, following the donation of an 18-inch Tinsley Cassegrain telescope from Telescopes In Education (TIE). When the offer of the telescope was made, Tom Melsheimer, Tom Patterson, and Chet Rideout formed LTSF to make the telescope available to the community.
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www.starkids.org/