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Day 1
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003
Phoenix – Biosphere 2 Cntr.
L/D
Morning arrival in Phoenix, Arizona. Travelers must
arrange their own flights to Phoenix, arriving no later than 12:00 noon.
For details, contact TravelQuest. After lunch, we will board our private
motorcoach for Biosphere 2 Center, in Oracle.
This evening, we will
gather for a welcome dinner and be joined by Sky & Telescope
contributing editor Charles Wood, author of the magazine's Lunar
Notebook column and the recently released book The Modern Moon: A
Personal View (Sky Publishing, 2003). Tonight will be our
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first night of dark
desert stargazing and photography with our Sky & Telescope editor, using
Biosphere 2's 24-inch reflecting telescope.
Overnight: Biosphere 2 Center |
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Day 2 Sun,
Sept. 21
B/L/D
Kitt Peak National Observatory |
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One of the largest living laboratories in the world, Biosphere 2
is an airtight greenhouse covering more than 3 acres with 7.2 million
cubic feet of volume. The facility contains several varied biomes -
including a rain forest, a million-gallon salt-water ocean, and a
coastal fog desert. In 1994 Biosphere 2 was converted from an
experimental facility testing the feasibility of humans living in a
closed ecosystem to an ecological laboratory and branch campus of
Columbia University. Today, students use the facility to experiment on
Earth systems on a relatively large scale. The center now supports all
manner of scientific study, including astronomy. After breakfast, we'll
tour this amazing facility. |
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After lunch we'll depart for a behind the scenes VIP tour at Kitt
Peak National Observatory, part of the National Optical Astronomy
Observatory (NOAO), and home to the most diverse collection of
astronomical facilities in the world. The broad summit boasts 19 optical
and infrared telescopes, two radio telescopes, and a solar telescope.
We'll tour several of the major instruments and meet with leading
researchers. We'll stay on the mountain through sunset and then be given
a tour of the night sky by Visitor Center staff using their two large
reflecting telescopes.
Overnight: Sheraton
Hotel, Tucson (2 Nights)
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