Kitt Peak National Observatory

Two friends, Larry and Doug, and I attended the Nightly Observing Program at Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson. 

After enjoying a beautiful Arizona sunset,

we scampered off to the Visitors Center for several hours of education, including views through a .5 meter telescope.  We saw Jupiter and two of her moons, our own moon, a globular cluster of stars, a spiral nebula, and other far away stuff I can't now recall.  Plus learned to use a star wheel to identify visible stars throughout the year.  And peered through night time binoculars.  A good time was had by us.

A few of the twenty-four optical and two radio telescopes.

 

Bruce