Today was a trip to the Kitt Peak Observatory. Now none of us are fond of mountain roads, but to get to the Peak you need to drive 13 miles up a mountain road to move up to an elevation of 7000 ft. The road was in excellent shape, it even had guard rails on many of the curves. That isn’t it, I just don’t like heights that much. If you run off the road and have enough time to say a complete rosary before you crash, that’s not a road I want to be on. Of course we made it up there without incident, well, maybe a change of underwear. Never thought I might need two pair, man we’ve got to go down the same road!
There were three of the telescopes open to the public today. The large 4 meter telescope is housed in the large dome that can be seen easily from Tucson. We went into this one and headed up the elevator to the observation level. There are windows almost completely around the dome. From here, you can see all the way to Mexico. The view is awesome. We then went up some more stairs and took a look at the telescope housed here. Then it was on to the Solar telescope. This one was actually active, tracking the sun across the sky. We could walk up to the control room door where we could see into the room where the equipment was recording the data from the Sun. A technician could be seen studiously playing cards in the back room. Maybe it was astrology instead of astronomy. At least then he could of explained he was using the cards to determine his future.
Weather today, Winds calm, clear skies, High of 70. How sweet it is!
Wife...home freezing and sick in bed!
ReplyDeleteDid you see any aliens? I know earlier you said you did bring new underwear. Maybe you could use the new ones on the way down from the mountain???
Didn't see any aliens from space. I might of seen some from Mexico, but I couldn't tell.
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