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Day 3 Mon,
Sept. 22
B/L
Whipple Observatory - University of
Arizona Mirror Lab & Space Imagery Center
This morning we will
visit Mount Hopkins, home of the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and
the 6.5-meter MMT (formerly the Multiple Mirror Telescope). This
innovative facility currently contains the largest single-piece-mirror
telescope in the continental United States.
After lunch we'll
head to the University of Arizona campus for a tour of the Steward
Observatory Mirror Laboratory. Using an innovative rotating oven, the
lab technicians create telescope mirrors more than 8 meters (26 feet) in
diameter for facilities around the world (including the just-visited MMT).
We'll also visit the Space Imagery Center at the nearby Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory. The Center holds hundreds of thousands of
planetary images and maps taken by explorers from Apollo astronauts to
the Galileo spacecraft. Every photo NASA has ever taken of the solar
system is here.
We'll return to the
hotel in the late afternoon for an evening of relaxation and dinner on
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Day 4 Tues,
Sept. 23
B
Grand Canyon
This
morning we'll leave Tucson for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, one of
the world's most stunning natural wonders. There will be time to explore
rim vistas and gaze at spectacular sunset views across the 10-mile-wide
and 5,700-foot-deep chasm. Join us for late night stargazing from the
canyon rim.
Overnight: Kachina Lodge, Grand Canyon |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
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Day 5 Wed,
Sept. 24
No meals
U.S. Geological Survey and Stargazing
After checkout, we
will leave the canyon and travel through Navajo land en route to
Flagstaff and a behind-the-scenes tour of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The scope of the USGS extends well beyond topographic maps and studies
of Earth's resources. The staff of its Astrogeology Research
program helped
train the Apollo astronauts and continues to examine our solar system's
planets, moons, and small bodies in support of spacecraft missions.
This evening we'll
join fellow amateur astronomers from the Coconino Astronomical Society
for stargazing at a dark site outside Flagstaff.
Overnight: Amerisuites Hotel, Flagstaff (2 nights) |
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