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Join
the ASP on astronomical tours to points around the world.
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The
Great July 11 Total Solar Eclipse Expedition to the Marquesas
Islands & Tuamotus
June 28-July 12, 2010
Adventurers and artists such as Captain Cook, Herman Melville,
Robert Louis Stevenson, and Paul Gauguin were mesmerized by
the paradise found in the mysterious Marquises Islands and
Tuamotus. Today the inhabited islands of the Marquesas are
so remote that few from the outside world touch the paradise
of these islands.
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The
Great Rift Valley Annular Eclipse
January 8 – 19, 2010
The Great Rift Valley, which runs through Kenya, is considered
by some the cradle of civilization and is justifiably one
of the world’s best organized safari destinations in
Africa. It offers 1200 species of birds, including a million
or more flamingos standing in a shimmering pink mass at Lake
Nakuru, where the annularity will last for an incredible 8
minutes on January 15, 2010.
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Arctic
Circle Northern Lights
November 9 – 17, 2009
From 69 degrees north, your cruise aboard the ms Midnatsol
weaves among Norway’s riches archipelago from Kirkenes
to Bergen. Join astronomer/photographer, Dennis Mammana, along
the Norwegian coast for ample dark sky and nightly aurora
hunting.
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Paris:
Art, Astronomy, and History
September 17 – 24, 2009
Join astronomy historian and writer, Dr. William Sheehan,
author of MARS: Lure of the Red Planet and In Search
of Vulcan, for seven nights in Paris, France, and an incredible
astronomy and art history vacation. We will visit the Paris,
Juvisy (optional) and Meudon Observatories, during the week
of the Societe Astronomique de France and International Astronomical
Union's celebration of Mars observations.
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China:
Great Saros 136 Total Solar Eclipse
July 13-26, 2009
Join us for a celebration of one of the many long-duration
total solar eclipses of Saros 136.
This
2-week journey includes a 7-day cruise, a visit to Beijing,
the Forbidden City, Great Wall, and Xian for the noble warriors.
On July 22, 2009 totality crosses China along the Yangtze
River for over 5 minutes. Distinguished astronomical enrichment
program will offer the finest in lectures and activities.
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Eastern
Seaboard to Iceland
May 8-21, 2009
Join us on a cruise to Iceland on the Regent Seven Seas VOYAGER.
By popular request, former President of the ASP Dr. Alex Fileppenko,
Phd., California Institute of Technology, University of California
at Berkeley, will be our distinguished guest lecturer.
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