Interferometer Tour at Anderson Mesa

Aerial View
Courtesy NPOI

Thanks to Lowell Observatory, Naval Observatory and the Naval Research Laboratory for a fantastic tour of the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI) on Sunday, September 28, during the 2008 Flagstaff Festival of Science.

Jim Clark, Senior Mechanical Engineer, was our guide for the tour. His hospitality and his extensive knowledge combined to give us a most enjoyable, as well as educational, view of the NPOI on Anderson Mesa.

I highly recommend this once a year opportunity. But, you'll have to wait until the 2009 Flagstaff Festival of Science.

Siderostat Station
M. Crain 9-28-2008