Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter ranks #1 in the 2024 Space Tourism Guide

Congratulations to Mount Lemmon SkyCenter on being ranked #1 by the “Space Tourism Guide” in their 2024 list of “The 10 Best Observatories in the U.S. to Visit in 2024.”

The article reads:

For those of you who know and love astronomy, it should come as no surprise that the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter outside Tucson – one of the nation’s best cities for limiting light pollution –, Arizona – one of the nation’s best states for protecting dark skies – tops the list.

Operated by the University of Arizona, the SkyCenter is a real gem for astronomy enthusiasts. It’s home to two of the largest telescopes available to the public anywhere in the Southwest: the Schulman 32″ and the Phillips 24″ telescopes – and during the five-hour SkyNights programs they offer, you’ll have plenty of time to learn about and gaze through both.

Read the full article here.

Congratulations to everyone connected to SkyCenter —

Vannessa Gressieux, Travis Deyoe, Alessandro Cavallaro, Michael Cox, Gustavo Rahmer, Tracie Beuden, Jesús González, William Clodfelder, Jerónimo Cruz, Vanessa Thomas, Thomas Salanski, Robert Bovill, Justin Klingele, Roswell Roberts, Karla Aguilar Paredes, Megan Stanely Myers, Ulisses Valenzuela, Amy C. Oliver, Aaron McCray, Chase McMahon, Savannah Smith, Catherine Snyder, and Ava Mohr.  Congratulations as well to former Director of the SkyCenter, Alan Strauss.

Congratulations to our entire Mountain Operations Team, as well (they keep all our operations on Mount Lemmon, Bigelow, Kitt Peak, and Graham safe and working well).  Barbara Abril, Alex Abernathey, Chipper Beiner, Steven Bland II, Adam Block, Phil Daly, Moises Diaz Lau, Angelica Ortega, Summer Franks, Michael Franz, Gary Gray, Prue Hammond, Bruce Hille, Joe Hoscheidt, Carolina Sborja, Chris Johnson, John Morris III, Omar Navarro, Jeffrey Rill, Gary Rosenbaum, Greg Stafford, Tom Reeve, Joe Wood, Paul Smith, and Alyson Ford.