1997 REU Student Field Trip to Kitt Peak and Tucson

Trip Itineray

0700, july 9 - leave Socorro
1100, july 9 - lunch in Lordsburg
1430, july 9 - tour of NRAO 12-m antenna (by Jeff Mangum)
1600, july 9 - dinner @ KP cafeteria
1700, july 9 - tour of optical telescopes (by Nigel Sharp)
2300, july 9 - check into Plaza hotel in Tucson

0830, july 10 - leave hotel for Kitt Peak
1000, july 10 - KP-VLBA antenna tour (by Ron Bates)
1130, july 10 - leave for Tucson
1300, july 10 - pizza lunch with NOAO students
1430, july 10 - tour of NRAO Tucson (by Daryl Emerson)
1800, july 10 - a nice Guatamalan restaurant, Seth!

1000, july 11 - breakfast, check out of hotel
1100, july 11 - tour of UA mirror lab
1200, july 11 - leave Tucson for Socorro
1400, july 11 - lunch in Bowie
2000, july 11 - arrive in Socorro
2130, july 11 - leave AOC for the 1am VLA run

Some Pictures from the Trip

VLBA antenna and the 4-m dome from NRAO 12-m telescope (S. Redfield)

Site technician Ron Bates explains the hardware specs of the 25-m VLBA telescope (J. Bryant).

Ron loves to explain everything, including the receiver electronics (J. Bryant).

Sitting on the edge of the VLBA antenna dish -- not for the weak hearted (J. Bryant).

Afternoon thunder storm on Kitt Peak (K. Dyer)

Resident non-astronomer of Kitt Peak (K. Dyer)

Charlie is happy to be out of the van (S. Redfield)

We should have brought an umbrella (S. Redfield)

If we were really smart, we wouldn't be standing there (S. Redfield)

Rainbow marks the end of an eventful day (K. Dyer)

Kitt Peak Sunset (K. Dyer)

If anyone is interested in seeing more pictures from this trip, check out Kristy's photo-diary of this summer.