{"id":18342,"date":"2023-10-28T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/?page_id=18342"},"modified":"2023-11-26T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:30:14","slug":"23-stargaze-at-john-bunyans-1930s-observatory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/de\/23-stargaze-at-john-bunyans-1930s-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"23-Stargaze at John Bunyan\u2019s 1930\u2019s Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Stargaze at John Bunyan\u2019s
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The Bunyan Observatory at the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum is a working replica of the courtyard astronomical observatory that banker John Bunyan built at his Berthoud home in 1933.<\/p>

Outfitted with Bunyan\u2019s original Brashear telescope (6 inches in diameter and nearly 7 feet long) the observatory is an exhibit during regular museum hours and a site for public stargazing the first Friday night of each month beginning at dusk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bunyan's Historic Astronomical Observatory<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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John Bunyan opened his celestial observatory to Berthoud school students during the 1930s and \u201940s. Clyde Hodge maintains that tradition as he prepares to lead a tour of local third-graders through the observatory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This program is offered from May through September and takes place on the first Friday of each month. Please enter through the front gate of the museum complex. <\/p>

The Bunyan Observatory at the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum is a working replica of the courtyard astronomical observatory that banker John Bunyan built at his Berthoud home in 1933.<\/p>

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Outfitted with Bunyan\u2019s original Brashear telescope (6 inches in diameter and nearly 7 feet long) the observatory is an exhibit during regular museum hours and a site for public stargazing the first Friday night of each month beginning at dusk.<\/p>

The observatory may also be scheduled for special group tours and celestial viewing \u2013 click here to request more information.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

John Bunyan, president of the Berthoud National Bank from 1912 to 1948, developed a passion for astronomy while attending the University of Colorado in the 1890s. In 1956 Bunyan\u2019s failing eyesight prompted him to donate the observatory building and its contents to his alma mater. The University of Colorado returned Bunyan\u2019s telescope to the Berthoud Historical Society in 1998 and a working replica of the observatory was built in 2003-04.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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