The Year’s Most Awesome Photos of Space

[SheilaT]

8. It is awesome, you would be in heaven.

Don McCarthy, the astronomer who runs the program is just the most amazing natural teacher I've ever come across. He is amazing at getting you to figure out the answer to your question on your own. Plus, getting to operate a 61 inch telescope is beyond amazing. You get to do what real astronomers do. Plus, one add-on was getting to visit and talk with a guy who searches for near Earth objects, the ones that might potential impact our planet.

And Mount Lemmon, where you stay when at camp, and nearby Mt. Bigelow hare pretty much covered with telescopes, and you get to visit and operate more than one.

Both of my sons did the teen version of the camp back in the 90's, which is a full week. The younger son only once, but the older one three times, once beginner, twice advanced. That son is currently getting his degree in physics and wants to go on to get a PhD in astrophysics.