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IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor - Wallace Astrophysical Observatory

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Solar Observing

Michael Person, Shuo Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate, Paul Hemphill, Postdoctoral Associate

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

Join us for daytime stargazing! We will have solar telescopes set up so you can safely observe our closest star, the Sun. Swing on by for a quick look, and feel free to stay and chat with MIT astronomers over cups of cocoa.

Weather permitting on the following 3 dates:

Monday, January 22 
12noon-2pm
location: MIT North Court

Tuesday, January 23
12noon-2pm
location: Upper Plaza Area outside of MIT Student Center W20

Thursday, January 25
12noon-2pm
location: MIT North Court

Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics , Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU


Solar Observing

Jan/22 Mon 12:00PM-02:00PM (CANCELED)
Jan/23 Tue 12:00PM-02:00PM (CANCELED)
Add to Calendar Jan/25 Thu 12:00PM-02:00PM North Court

Join us for daytime stargazing! We will have solar telescopes set up so you can safely observe our closest star, the Sun. Swing on by for a quick look, and feel free to stay and chat with MIT astronomers over cups of cocoa.

Weather Permitting


Tour of Wallace Astrophysical Observatory

Michael J Person

Add to Calendar Jan/24 Wed 07:00PM-11:00PM Wallace observatory

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come tour the heavens at MIT's George R. Wallace Jr. Astrophysical Observatory located 45 minutes northwest of Boston in Westford, MA. Use various telescopes from 14" to 24" for both visual observing and electronic imaging of the moon, stars, and other celestial bodies. Required signup via website: http://web.mit.edu/wallace/iaptour/

Sponsor(s): Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Michael J Person, wao-iap-tour@mit.edu