Montana Learning Center at Canyon Ferry Lake

Mike & Lynn Rice Astronomical Park

for

Science and the Arts

Astronomy Program Donor Levels

Type 1A Supernova

$25,000+

• Mike & Lynn Rice, New Mexico Skies Observatories
• Montana Department of Commerce – Office of Tourism & Business Development
• Software Bisque
• Montana State University
• Treacy Foundation
• Christian Pérez
• Timothy Ferris

White Dwarf

$15,000 to $24,999

• Discover Magazine 
• Astronomy Magazine

Planetary Nebula

$10,000 to $14,999

• Visit Helena
• Dr. Richard Sabo

Red Giant

$5,000 to $9,999

• Friends of the Montana Learning Center
• Ryan Hannahoe
• Observatory Systems
• Visit Southwest Montana
• Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation

Sun-like Star

$2,500 to $4,999

• DC-3 Dreams Software
• Dr. & Mrs. John Dethoff
• Land Sea & Sky

Protostar

$1,000 to $2,499

• Peter Detterline
• Heath Caldwell Eagle Scout Project
• David Fisherowski
• Starizona
• Helena Astronomical Society

Stellar Nursery

$500 to $999

* Donor levels modeled after the life cycle of a sun-like star