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Eastern Arizona College's Discovery Park Campus - Gov Aker Observatory - conducts weekend tours of the Mount Graham International Observatory. Weather permitting, the tours begin in mid-May and go through mid-November. Because permits are required to enter the endangered red squirrel refugium, advance reservations are required.
The tour features a trip up scenic Mount Graham, focusing on the mountain's rich geology, history, and diversity of life; a lunch near the summit of the mountain; and a guided tour of the observatory facility. And, yes, Billy the Kid also walked the mountain paths back in the 1870s... Back at Gov Aker Observatory, the 20" Tinsley Cassegrain reflector is open to the public for viewing the heavens after sunset.
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