Dennis Hands

Teacher, Musician, and Volunteer in Greensboro, North Carolina

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1961 got my first telescope when I was ten.

1970 met my wife in astronomy class at ASU

Editor of Greensboro Astronomy Club (GAC) newsletter

President of GAC

1997: helped build Cline Observatory at Guilford Technical Community College

1997 - present: Host at Cline Observatory (GTCC)

1997- present: active member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AASO)

1998- present: Chair of the Cline Observatory Advisory Committee (GTCC)

2001-2005 taught astronomy at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, NC

2004 taught astronomy lab at GTCC

2004: Transit of Venus in South Africa

2005-2011 science instructor at the Greensboro Natural Science Center

2005: First Officer, Crew 42 at Mars Analogue Research Station (M.A.R.S.) Utah

2008 - present: astronomy instructor at High Point University, High Point, NC

2015 - present: broadcasts "Lets's Talk Astronomy" on Periscope 8 am eastern time Mondays and 8 pm et on Wedesdays