My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 02.2019 | Page 17

Join a Tour This Year! Total Eclipse Flight: Chile From 37,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, you’ll be high above any clouds, seeing up July 2, 2019 to 3¼ minutes of totality in a dark sky that makes the Sun’s corona look incred- ibly dramatic. Our flight will depart from and return to Santiago, Chile. skyandtelescope.com/2019eclipseflight Join astronomer Stephen James O’Meara in wildlife-rich Botswana for evening stargazing and daytime safari drives at three luxury field camps. Only 16 spaces available! Optional extension to Victoria Falls. skyandtelescope.com/botswana2019 Iceland Aurorae September 26–October 2, 2019 This is our 6th year running this popular tour of Iceland. Visit historic sites, geysers, and towering waterfalls with a guide; at night, seek the fabled northern lights. Fine restaurants and hotels await you. skyandtelescope.com/iceland2019 Australian Observatories Travel Down Under to tour top October 1–9, 2019 observatories, including Siding Spring and “The Dish” at Parkes. Go wine-tasting, hike in nature re- serves, and explore eclectic Sydney and Australia’s capital, Canberra. Plus: Stargaze under Southern skies. Options to Great Barrier Reef and Uluru, or Ayers Rock. skyandtelescope.com/australia2019 Uluru & Sydney Opera House: Tourism Australia; observatory: Winton Gibson See all S&T tours at skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-travel