Astronomy Trips



Arizona Astronomical Highlights – October 2008 Click here for further information Peru Adventure – August 2008 Click here for trip information

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	April 2007 • Milwaukee Public Museum and Planetarium

	February 2006 • Costa Rica Astronomy and Birding Adventure Our days were spent birdwatching and visiting a wide variety of tropical ecosystems. At night, we set up the telescopes to explore very different skies than we can see from Madison. Highlights included visiting an active volcano at Poas Volcano National Park, hiking under the rushing water of La Paz waterfall, swimming in the calm Pacific waters at Punta Leona Beach Resort, following a troup of Capuchin monkeys at Carara National Park, and identifying many hummingbird species at 10,000 feet in the central highlands.
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	October 2005 • From Pueblos to Planets New Mexico trip Highlights included: Albuquerque: Lodestar Astronomy Center at the NM Museum of Natural History, International Balloon Festival, UNM Institute of Meteoritics. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bandelier National Monument, Very Large Array (VLA) Observatory in Socorro and Las Cruces, White Sands National Monument, NM Museum of Space History, Apache Point Observatory, Sacramento Peak Observatory, and the Roswell UFO Museum. Photos from New Mexico 2005 trip

	October 2004 • Fox Valley Museum Day Trip Included: Barlow Planetarium, Weis Earth Science Museum and EAA Air Venture Museum in Oshkosh.
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	April 2004 • Deep Skies and Desert Arizona trip Highlights included Tuscon: Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, University of AZ Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory, Space Imagery Center and Lunar and Planetary Lab. Sedona, US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, Barringer Crater, and Lowell Observatory. Scrapbook from 2004 Arizona trip

	November 2003 • Orvieto, Italy Alumni College Trip with WAA
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	October 2003 • Chicago – Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium

	August 2003 • Mars among the Maya. Yucatan, Mexico trip for the Opposition of Mars To take advantage of the best viewing of Mars at Opposition, we centered our trip near Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula. We stayed at a luxuriously restored sisal plantation, Hacienda Temozon (http://www.haciendasmexico.com/temozon/overview.php). We toured the state of Yucatan's capital, Merida, explored the fascinating Mayan ruins of Uxmal, Chitzen Itza, and Dzibilchaltun, and visited the area of the Chicxulub Crater. It is believed that the impact of the meteor that created the crater 65 million years ago, caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Our trip ended with a visit to the crystal blue waters of Mexico's stunning Carribean coast.
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	April 2003 • Chicago – Adler Planetarium and Museum of Science and Industry

	December 2002 • Williams Bay, WI and Chicago - Yerkes Observatory and Adler Planetarium

	April 2002 • Cacti to Craters Arizona trip Highlights included Tuscon: Sabino Canyon, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Kitt Peak Observatory, University of AZ Optical Mirror Making Facility, Space Imagery Center and Lunar Planetary Lab. Sedona, US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, Sunset Crater National Monument, Barringer Crater Lowell Observatory, and the Verde Canyon Railroad in Clarkdale.
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