Our group traveled to the southwestern United States to experience the dark, unpolluted skies of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Using the New Mexico Skies Amateur Astronomy Guest Observatory as our home base, we are hoping to learn how to use a variety of astronomical equipment to find, observe, and image the Moon, planets, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae. We will visit the Very Large Array close to Socorro, NM. Read our journal entries to find out how our research is contributing to a broader data set, and the exciting discoveries we are making.

Sunday, March 10
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Tuesday March 12
Wednesday March 13
Thursday March 14
Friday March 15
Post-trip postscript



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