Astronomy field Trips
Also take a look at past years for interesting images and projects.I like to call my Images "Now & Laters". Observe Now and Share Later.Check back often as I work on projects in the observatoryTotal Solar Eclipse
2024 Upstate New YorkThe Sun was almost at the top of its cycle maximum as well.The next total solar eclipse in America will be 2000 and Minds Eye Observatory will be in the path here in Florida.That is if i am still in Florida.
Holmdel Horn Antenna
Bell Telephone Laboratories in
Holmdel, New Jersey, 2023
Constructed in 1959 to support the Echo project. A microwave horn antenna that went on to discover cosmic microwave background radiation. Its operation with the work of Penzias and Wilson was awarded a Nobel prize for Physics.
The Jansky Monument
Bell Telephone Laboratories in
Holmdel, New Jersey, 2023
On our summer family vacation to South Dakota we got a personal invitation to "talk shop" at the Badlands Observatory and meet Ron Dyvig & Teresa Hofer as they renovated and prepare their facility for public shows and tours. It was such fun to meet like minded people and share. I could have talked for hours. Oh yeah, I did! We had too much to share in such a short visit.
The Observatory has been Given discovery credit for 25 main belt asteroids; one of them officially named after the State of South Dakota. Additionally they have collaborated with Universities and students in research over the years . They are now focusing on adding Public outreach and education via programs at the observatory for the public. If you go to visit The South Dakota Black Hills and Badlands which I highly recommend, don't miss the opportunity to observe at the Observatory and soak in the exceptional dark skies.
https://www.badlandsobservatory.com/blog-trips-around-the-sun/blog-post-title-four-jncx5-4jhs4
https://www.badlandsobservatory.com/
Pikes Peak Observatory
Elevation 14,115 Colorado 2020
Under Construction
http://www.pikespeakobservatory.org/
Palomar Mountain Observatory
Hale 200" telescope
California 2019
Humm, there's that Greenbank t-shirt again. Quick trip across the pond maybe. Not hardly.
University of Florida
Teaching Observatory
Gainesville, Florida 2017
https://astro.ufl.edu/research/telescopes/campus-teaching-observatory/
Florida Institute of Technology
Palm Bay, Florida 2016
Sunspot Observatory
Sunspot, New Mexico 2000
Kitt Peak Observatory
Tucson, Arizona 2000
Operated by the National Science foundation.
The mountain is leased to the "Long Eye`s" from the generous Tohono O'odham Nation.