This is a great opportunity. How much will it cost each person? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID -----Original message----- From: Terri <cosmicstarstuff@xxxxxxxxx> To: PAS ListServ <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 15:50:08 MST Subject: [pasmembers] Lowell Observatory ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Russell Tweed <tweedr@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: 'Terri' <cosmicstarstuff@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:44 PM >Subject: RE: Lowell Observatory > > >Dear Terri, >Given the interest you expressed when we offered these behind-the-scenes tours >at Lowell Observatory to clubs, you might be interested in the same tours that >are now being offered to individuals or a small group. I understand that it >can be difficult to get everyone together to organize a club trip, so we're >offering the same program and putting a group together for May 21-23 - right >after the annular eclipse visible in northern Arizona on May 20th. > >The 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope will see First Light in May, after >which public access to this facility is much less certain. I hope you'll join >us. It will be a truly unique experience. > >I've attached a program description. Please reply or call with any questions. > >Sincerely, >Rusty Tweed > >Russell Tweed >Development Manager >Lowell Observatory >928-233-3267 > >Friends of Lowell Observatory >www.lowell.edu/friends > >From:Terri [mailto:cosmicstarstuff@xxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:04 PM >To: Russell Tweed >Subject: Re: Lowell Observatory > >Thank you for the info Russell, >I shall pass it around to the club members. > >Terri, Event Coordinator and Vice Prez of PAS > >Good friends are like stars. You don't always >see them, but you always know they are there. >Terri Phoenix Astronomical Society Events Coordinator >Visit the P.A.S. Blog & My Facebook >Private Music Instructor, Ascent Vending Company >Healthy, Wealthy & Wise with Acai Berry > > > >--- On Fri, 2/18/11, Russell Tweed <russell.tweed@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >From: Russell Tweed <russell.tweed@xxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Lowell Observatory >To: CosmicStarStuff@xxxxxxxxx >Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 12:47 PM >February 18, 2011 > >Lowell Observatory >1400 West Mars Hill Road >Flagstaff, AZ 86001 > >Dear Astronomy Club President, > >Lowell Observatory has developed a new program, specifically designed for >members of amateur astronomy clubs. Please see the following link that >thoroughly describes what clubs can do while at Lowell: >www.lowell.edu/outreach/content/general/Astro_club_tours.pdf > >Over 80,000 visitors come to Lowell each year to tour our campus, but there is >much more to see than we can possibly cover in a brief visit. I invite your >club to visit and participate in your own tour, designed specifically around >your club’s interests. You’ll have an opportunity to see our research >telescopes with one of our astronomers, see our instrument lab where the >cameras and equipment for the telescopes are made, spend a night observing on >Percival Lowell’s 24-inch Clark refractor, or see the telescope of the future >– our 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope now nearing completion. > >If you have any questions you can reach me at 928-233-3267 or >tweedr@xxxxxxxxxxx I would be pleased to provide references of amateur >astronomers that are familiar with our programs and facilities, and answer any >questions. I look forward to personally welcoming your club to Lowell >Observatory. > >Sincerely, > >Russell Tweed >Development Manager >Lowell Observatory >tweedr@xxxxxxxxxx >928-233-3267 > > >