Mirror Lab Tour
This 90-minute tour provides a unique opportunity to learn how innovative engineering and optical technology meld with manufacturing techniques to produce the largest and most advanced giant (8.4 meters / 27 ft) telescope mirrors in the world.
Visitors will see the unparalleled technology and revolutionary processes in making the next generation of telescopes that will explore deep into outer space and produce cutting-edge scientific research.
The tour is 90 minutes long and involves meeting at Steward Observatory (933 Cherry Ave 85721), walking to the Richard F Caris Mirror Lab facility, and ascending and descending stairs.
The University of Arizona College of Science is ranked #1 among observational, theoretical, and space astronomy programs in the U.S. See why!
For more information, please call 520-626-8792.