kitt peak national observatory
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Kitt Peak is way out in the desert of Southern Arizona but easy to spot from 30 miles away. The road up to this Observatory is the attraction. It is a good and safe road up a very tall and steep mountain of 6800 feet. Many chances for photos for the surrounding countryside. Entry into the telescopes is free but a tour is around $7.00 Lots of parking and a nice gift shop. The drive oput was pretty through the Indian reservation. Worth the trip.
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I found the information about Kitt Peak's pricing a little difficult to initially figure out. Now have a better handle on it after visiting the Peak. Yes, you can walk around with a map and read all the information for free but really don't think you really get the experience. There are 24 telescopes. Only three are toured. They offer three tours a day - each tour goes to a different telescope. Each tour lasts about an hour to an hour an a half. Each is priced very reasonably but the real deal is if you stay on the peak for the duration of all three tours you can do all three for two dollars more than just one tour. Bring a lunch as they only sell snack food at the visitor's centre. If you are really into telescopes you might want to inquire into the VIP tour which again does all three telescopes but takes you inside. A very technical and informative time. They run the VIP tour only one Saturday a month and reservations are required. We took this. Guide was excellent. Not sure it was worth though four times the all day tour package. They also offer the night programs. The road is not a problem - wide and paved. Worth a visit.
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we took the 3 tours and all were very interestingpeople who gave the tours really enjoyed their worknice drive up the mountain to 7000 feetbe prepared it can be very windy up therealso no food available there other than candy bars so bring a sandwich along
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The tour was OK, however we were never allowed near the telescope and had to look at it though glass windows. We didn't know there would be so much walking, for a long tour you would think they would have a tram. The tour guide seemed to have limited knowledge and would steer away from the questions asked.
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Good tour of the night sky even though there was a gorgeous, bright full moon that evening. We got to look through a telescope and learned to identify constellations by eye and with binoculars. Tour was a bit unorganized at times. Tour guides were knowledgeable. Worth experiencing; dress warm!
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If you are interested in astronomy, this is the site to see. Climbing up the mountain road, curving, but safe to an elevation of 7,000 ft. Dress in layers as it can be windy and colder. Excellent tour guides. The first tour starts at 10:30 am visiting the Solar Telescope, then the 2nd tour around 1:30 pm visiting the other sites. Some of the walking is uphill so wear good walking shoes. The Museum Building itself occupies your time between tours and bring as picnic lunch as there are No Services. Also make sure that your car has lots of gas as Kitts is out in the sticks and only one small gas station is available. Allow 20 - 30 minutes to climb the mountain road, depending on slower traffic as there is no passing.
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Long drive there from the closest place to stay ( about an hour). Very high on the mountain but the drive is worth it. Beautiful sunsets and we stayed for the four hour evening night viewing. They showed us planets and stars through the big telescopes and we even learned how to look for certain stars. The meal was just a sandwich but they did have hot chocolate since it was only 35 degrees out that night. The speakers were very knowledgable and answered a lot of questions. Book ahead as they fill up weeks in advance. You won't be disappointed.
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Don't expect "wow." For $49 and the amount of time it takes, I expected more. If I had known, I would have just done the day trip. You won't see spectacular images in the scope, and you won't even see the cool scopes. With our large group, I was able to put my eye up to a scope only three times. You will do more binocular and eyesight astronomy than anything, which you could do on any mountain.
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Hi...A group of 4, we started at 4:30 with a light dinner provided by the tour guides. The drive up is spectacular. We watched a great sunset and had a tour of all the telescopes( only on the outside). We got to use one of the telescopes and saw six different viewings. Its pitch black up there and dress warm. Geronimo was our main guide and Dean was the telescope guy. Both were really into what they were doing which made it a great experience. They do call you two hours prior to confirm the tour. From a price point, I understand why it costs what it does. The amount of money it costs to operate the place is unreal. As a Canadian, I understand the true costs of things, something many people don't always understand. This is not an amusement park. Ive done both day and night tours. I learned quite a bit, and the kids and girlfriend really enjoyed it.
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Take a packed lunch. The Reservation doesn't allow food-for-profit operations, so there's no dining. They do have a gift shop. Everything is free unless you want the guided tours. If it's not cloudy, they may do a solar viewing through the mini telescope.We came to see the solar telescope. You can do just the individual tour, but we paid for the tour guide and got to go under the telescope too. There was a young graduate there who showed us what he was looking at. The mini solar telescope was available for us to see the actual sun through that, and that was so amazing. We have four young kids and they did well for that first tour. Then we took our own tour to another telescope, and that was a bit much... they were all worn out.