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 07:00:11 PM
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01/23/2012 06:51:01 PM
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01/23/2012 07:20:35 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. |
01/25/2012 02:42:35 AM
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Part of Ursa Major and Draco. |
01/23/2012 04:22:22 AM
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Star-trail over Kitt Peak. View from MDM 2.4-m. |
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. |
01/23/2012 04:18:58 AM
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Slightly out-of focus Big Dipper. |
01/23/2012 06:30:59 PM
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Our Jeep is in the middle. |
01/23/2012 07:15:54 PM
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The visitor's center of the McMath solar telescope. |
01/23/2012 07:00:29 PM
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"serpentine" entrance to the 2.1-m. |
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. |
01/23/2012 06:56:46 PM
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"Moon buggy" by the visitor's center. |
01/23/2012 06:30:45 PM
IMG_2387.JPG. The 4-meter
Mayall telescope - the biggest on Kitt Peak. |
01/23/2012 06:57:27 PM
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The McMath-Pierce solar telescope. |
01/23/2012 07:10:01 PM
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Diagram showing how the McMath-Pierce telescope extends far underground. |
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. |
01/23/2012 06:55:25 PM
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Dummy mirror for the 4-m. |
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. |
01/23/2012 06:30:26 PM
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01/24/2012 10:30:16 PM
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tion of this image of Orion reveals 2 geostationary satellites. |
01/23/2012 07:34:11 PM
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01/23/2012 06:58:31 PM
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Pictoglyphs. |
01/23/2012 04:14:02 AM
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01/23/2012 07:20:28 PM
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McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. |
01/23/2012 06:30:37 PM
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Solar Telescope at a distance. |
01/23/2012 06:29:05 PM
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01/23/2012 07:34:01 PM
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01/23/2012 06:48:44 PM
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pier of the 4-m Mayall Telescope. |
01/23/2012 07:35:00 PM
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01/23/2012 07:34:38 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. |
01/23/2012 07:10:13 PM
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Construction of the part of the McMath Solar telescope that extends underground. |
01/24/2012 04:07:32 AM
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Inside of the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. Ground level, above the vacuum spectrograph. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
01/23/2012 06:43:02 PM
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In the Mayall telescope's gallery. |
01/23/2012 07:08:49 PM
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"Spectral" entrance to the McMath-Pierce visitor center. |
01/23/2012 06:48:23 PM
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Construction of the Mayall telescope - again showing the massive pier. |