Undergraduate Visit Whipple Observatory over Spring Break

May 15, 2017
Class trip

Astronomy Undergraduates in Ay100 Observational Astronomy course over spring break went on a trip. They traveled to the Desert Museum, University of Arizona mirror lab to see telescope mirrors being made, and to Whipple observatory to observe on the 1.2-m and 1.5-m telescope collecting data for their class project.

Undergrads on roof with telescope     Rodrigo with liquid Nitrogen

Theron and Doug in Kitchen     Rodrigo cooks

CLASS AT MMT

Mirror lab   AY100 Visits Desert Museum