1. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter November 1, 2014  1956 to 1969, one of 200 sites along coastlines and borders scanned for bombers coming out of the Pacific.  1970 to present, operated by Steward Observatory with facilities on Mt. Lemmon and Mt. Bigelow.  9157 ft. Altitude. By Jerry Shaw

2. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter November 1, 2014  Hour and thirty minutes drive from the Tucson Convention Center  Still some fall colors on the trees on the drive up  Tickets are $30 dollars per person (Includes dinner)

3. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 Mt. Lemmon Telescopes:  20” Jamieson  32” Schulman  40” Steward Observatory  40” South Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)  60” Catalina Sky Survey  60” University of Minnesota Red denotes telescopes we looked through on tour. 32” Schulman

4. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 20” Jamieson

5. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 40” South Korea KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)

6. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 60” University of Minnesota

7. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 60” Steward Observatory/ Catalina Sky Survey

8. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 Solar viewing

9. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014

10. Setting up telescope for night viewing

11. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 Setting up 5” finder scope

12. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 20” Jamieson

13. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014

15. What color is your shadow?? Due to reflected light, shadows are blue.

16. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 Kitt Peak

17. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014

18. Sunset showing the green flash

19. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014  Objects viewed (not a complete list): Ring Nebula Dumbbell Nebula Albireo Great Hercules Cluster And then the clouds rolled in...

20. Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter - November 1, 2014 Rik Hill, Catalina Sky Survey (and 3 rd Thursday speaker) Rik Hill searches for Near Earth Objects (NEO’s)