Rebecca Spitz
Director;
Space Naturalist
When Rebecca was 11, her parents took her on a trip to Arizona, where she saw M13 through Percival Lowell’s telescope. The next night, she and her family attended a star party just yards away from the edge of the Grand Canyon. After seeing binary stars, star clusters, and her first galaxies (M81 and M82), her Mom recalls Rebecca saying “I’m with my people.” Since then, Rebecca has held a passion and excitement for astronomy and the Universe. In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys artisan coffee, tending to her flock of chickens, and hanging out with her partner.
Drawing on over eight years of experience operating manual and tracking telescopes, Rebecca can find and describe a wide variety of deep space objects in a matter of minutes. The combination of her studies, both collegiate and independent, have helped Rebecca lead hundreds of people through mind bending experiences of the night sky. Rebecca has been educating curious minds since 2014, and is thrilled to continue teaching the wonders of the Universe!