ECLIPSE TOURS

In Conjunction with MONTROSE TRAVEL

November 26 - December 10, 2002

Our Iternary: Where we are going and when

Charles Morris

Charles has been involved in amateur and professional astronomy for 35 years.  He is perhaps best know as the author of the Comet Observation Home Page.  As a comet observer, Charles has visually observed nearly 250 comet apparitions.  As a researcher, he is an expert in cometary light curves.   Asteroid 3783 is named "Morris" in honor of his work on comets.   Charles was a tour leader on two trips to the Southern Hemisphere to observe Halley's comet and one to Mauna Kea to observe Hale-Bopp.  He has also been a solar observer since 1967.  He has been to three total (1970, 1991, and 1999) and two annular (1992 and 1994) solar eclipses, as well as, a number of partial solar eclipses. [Charles also has an MS in atmospheric science...thus, informed decisions can be made if weather becomes an issue in observing the eclipse.]  Charles works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Carmelita Miranda

Carmelita has been involved in amateur astronomy since 1980. She was President of the Kauai Educational Association for Science and Astronomy for 5 years and lectured at numerous star parties for Kauai residents and tourists. While living on Kauai, she wrote many articles on astronomy for This Week Magazine and The Garden Island newspaper. With Charles, she lead a tour to Mauna Kea to observe Comet Hale-Bopp. She has been to one total solar eclipse, in 1999, and observed a number of partial eclipses. She is currently the STARLAB Coordinator for the Ventura County Discovery Center, in California.

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Carmelita Miranda
and Charles Morris.
Dream Weaver Observatory,
Fillmore, California