Visit to Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)
and MDM Observatory -- January 22-25, 2012

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01/23/2012 06:57:49 PM
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01/23/2012 06:56:52 PM
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01/25/2012 02:31:54 AM
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01/23/2012 07:12:00 PM
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01/23/2012 06:37:13 PM
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01/23/2012 07:34:28 PM
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01/23/2012 04:15:22 AM
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01/23/2012 04:22:22 AM
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Star-trail over Kitt Peak.
View from MDM 2.4-m.
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01/25/2012 02:42:35 AM
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Part of Ursa Major and Draco.
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01/23/2012 04:22:22 AM
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Star-trail over Kitt Peak.
View from MDM 2.4-m.
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01/23/2012 07:33:51 PM
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01/23/2012 07:21:17 PM
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Inside the "tube" of the McMath
Solar telescope.  The heliostat
mirror at the top directs light down the tube.
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01/23/2012 04:18:58 AM
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Slightly out-of focus Big
Dipper.
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01/23/2012 06:30:59 PM
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Our Jeep is in the middle.
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01/23/2012 07:15:54 PM
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The visitor's center of the
McMath solar telescope.
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01/23/2012 07:00:29 PM
IMG_2406.JPG.  The
"serpentine" entrance to the
2.1-m.
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01/23/2012 06:55:33 PM
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This highly decorated dummy
mirror was used as a placeholder for the actual 4-meter.
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01/23/2012 06:56:46 PM
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"Moon buggy" by the visitor's
center.
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01/23/2012 06:30:45 PM
IMG_2387.JPG.  The 4-meter
Mayall telescope - the biggest on
Kitt Peak.
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01/23/2012 06:57:27 PM
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The McMath-Pierce solar
telescope.
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01/23/2012 07:10:01 PM
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Diagram showing how the McMath-Pierce telescope
extends far underground.
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01/23/2012 07:36:16 PM
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01/23/2012 06:44:00 PM
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The rocky peak of Kitt Peak
near the 4-meter.
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01/23/2012 06:55:25 PM
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Dummy mirror for the 4-m.
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01/23/2012 06:30:30 PM
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01/23/2012 06:32:45 PM
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01/23/2012 06:28:03 PM
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01/23/2012 06:30:01 PM
IMG_2383.JPG.  The
Steward Observatory 90" (Bok)
Telescope.
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01/23/2012 06:30:26 PM
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01/24/2012 10:30:16 PM
IMG_2431.JPG -- Close inspec-
tion of this image of Orion reveals 2 geostationary satellites.
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01/23/2012 07:34:11 PM
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01/23/2012 06:58:31 PM
IMG_2403.JPG.  Native Papago
Pictoglyphs.
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01/23/2012 04:14:02 AM
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01/23/2012 07:20:28 PM
IMG_2414.JPG.  Entering the
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope.
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01/23/2012 06:30:37 PM
IMG_2386.JPG.  The McMath
Solar Telescope at a distance.
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01/23/2012 06:29:05 PM
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01/23/2012 06:48:44 PM
IMG_2395.JPG.  The sturdy
pier of the 4-m Mayall Telescope.
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01/23/2012 07:35:00 PM
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01/24/2012 04:20:44 AM
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A view to the SE with clouds
passing.  Corvus is center, with
Virgo and the bright star Spica
on the left.
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01/23/2012 07:10:13 PM
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Construction of the part of the McMath Solar telescope that extends underground.
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01/24/2012 04:07:32 AM
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Inside of the McMath-Pierce
Solar Telescope.  Ground level,
above the vacuum spectrograph.
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01/23/2012 07:35:09 PM
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01/24/2012 03:38:38 AM
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A view to the SE with clouds
passing.  Corvus is center, with
Virgo and the bright star Spica
on the left.
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01/23/2012 07:15:04 PM
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01/23/2012 07:00:26 PM
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01/23/2012 06:42:21 PM
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Part of the 4-meter visitor gallery under the catwalk.
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01/23/2012 07:23:55 PM
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01/23/2012 07:11:49 PM
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From the McMath visitor's
center.
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01/25/2012 02:35:48 AM
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The star cluster Mel 111 was
visible to the naked eye.
In Coma Berenices, East is down.
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01/24/2012 03:36:38 AM
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Out of focus view of clouds
passing lit from below by
Tucson to the East.
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01/23/2012 06:43:02 PM
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In the Mayall telescope's
gallery.
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01/23/2012 07:08:49 PM
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"Spectral" entrance to the
McMath-Pierce visitor center.
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01/23/2012 06:48:23 PM
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Construction of the Mayall
telescope - again showing the
massive pier.