(ybarra) got to take a tour of the observatory which also took (ybarra) got to take a tour of the observatory which also took an hour but was very educational when we come back we'll be joined by a panel of renowned scientists discussing the relevance of astronomy today

(ybarra) got to take a tour of the observatory which also took (ybarra) got to take a tour of the observatory which also took an hour but was very educational when we come back we'll be joined by a panel of renowned scientists discussing the relevance of astronomy today welcome back to this edition of equal time.today we're going to look at the lick observatory and the importance of it to our society.let's meet our guests. hi i'm aaron romanowsky i'm a professor of physics and astronomy at san jose state university. i'm alex filippenko.i'm a professor of astronomy at the university of california, berkeley. i'm richard vo. grad student at san francisco state university. i'm beth johnson. i'm a physics undergrad here at san jose state university. i'm brenda norrie and i'm the student correspondant for this story. thank you all for being here today. thank you for coming down to be a part of this. i think it's important that we've gone back to the time where we're thinking about what's out there. and we want to care about it and we want to get there and we want to try to understand what's going t