GLPA Newsletter
Volume 60, Number 4
Winter Solstice, 2025
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Jackie Baughman, Cover
Articles
Conference Reflections
– Bart Benjamin
The final edition of the 40 year – 20 year column
– Bart Benjamin
So You’re an Event Venue Now
– Steve Burkland
Minutes of fall Executive Committee Meeting
– Sally Brummel
Comet C2025 A6 Lemmon photograph
– Todd DeZeeuw
Columns
President’s Message
– Mark Percy
Editor’s Message
– Bart Benjamin
State News
– Illinois (Erik Johnson)
– Indiana (Sara Vise)
– Michigan (Buddy Stark)
– Ohio (Heidi Westrick)
– Wisconsin/Minnesota (Sally Brummel)
– Beyond the Lakes (Michael Schian)
Image Credits
Winter Solstice 2025 Cover:
• Cover design: Jackie Baughman (qnbaughman@gmail.com)
• Concept / image idea: Bart Benjamin
• Conference photos: Anna Green
• Background image: JWST’s First Deep Field. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio (STScI)
M96: A Galactic Maelstrom
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and LEGUS Team
Young stars in the “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC and University of Potsdam, JPL-Caltech, and STScI
Supernova remnant E0102 explodes within the Small Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
M106: Composite of Amateur and Professional Astronomer Images
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (Hubble Heritage Team)
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