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    OUR DESTINATIONS

• Italy: Galileo's Tuscan Sky

• China: Total Eclipse & Yangtze River Cruise

• Paris: Art, Astronomy, and History

• Norway: Northern Lights and Norwegian Fjords

2010

• Africa: Great Rift Valley Annular Eclipse

• The Marquesas: Total Solar Eclipse Expedition

• Easter Island : Total Solar Eclipse Expedition

• Patagonia: Total Solar Eclipse Expedition

• Iceland: Aurora Borealis and Lava Fields

Past Tours

• Siberia Eclipse and Baltic Voyage

• Siberia Eclipse and Waterways of the Czars

Siberia Eclipse 2008
Photo Album

Eclipse Collage by John A. Blackwell


Iceland, January 2008
Photo Album

Aurora Borealis
over Reykjavik, Iceland



We Support the
Millennium Development Goals
In 2000, leaders from189 nations came together to develop a plan to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015. To guide this critical work and measure its success, eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were created. MWT Associates, Inc. urges you to join us in supporting and talking about the MDGs:
1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
2. Achieve Universal Primary Education for Children
3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
4. Reduce Child Mortality
5. Improve Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability
8. Create a Global Partnership for Development

More Information

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals
Home page for the UN MDGs.

The Millennium Inspiration Fund
Episcopal Relief and Development, Jubilee Ministries and the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church launched the MDG Inspiration Fund to highlight the urgency of reaching these goals.

 

Exciting Tours and Cruises
Our world-class cruises and tours take you to exotic destinations where you enjoy the finest accommodations. Your travel experience is enriched by the expertise and knowledge of a distinguished lecture team. Whether your trip focuses on the astronomical or the artistic, MWT Associates, Inc takes you there in signature style.
2009 Eclipses and Tours
CHINA
Total Solar Eclipse

July 13-July 26, 2009
River
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ITALY
Galileo's Tuscan Sky

August 20 – 27, 2009
Icelandic Geyser
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PARIS
Art, Astronomy, and History

September 17-24, 2009
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NORWAY
Northern Lights and Norwegian Fjords

November 9 - 17, 2009
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2010 Eclipses and Tours
AFRICA
Great Rift Valley Annular Eclipse

January 8-19, 2010
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MARQUESAS
Total Solar Eclipse Expedition
June 28– July 12, 2010
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EASTER ISLAND, PATAGONIA,
BUENOS AIRES
Total Solar Eclipse

July 3 - 12, 2010
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PATAGONIA, BUENOS AIRES
Total Solar Eclipse

July 6 - 13, 2010
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ICELAND
Northern Lights and Lava Fields

November 2010
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MWT Associates, Inc.
"Exploring the sky with enrichment programs and special expeditions since 1983."
"Your Passport to the World"

24 Years in Astronomical Tours
Melita Wade Thorpe of MWT Associates stands on the deck of the m/s Paul Gauguin with Pitcairn Island in the background.

Astronomical Tours is an exclusive division for MWT Associates, Inc. which specializes in exciting astronomical vacations. We plan and organize travel arrangements to far away places such as the Atacama Desert of Chile to the Chaco Region of Paraguay to safaris in Zambia and Zimbabwe. These destinations require special expertise and advanced planning coordinating the astronomical event.

Our experts make the culture, history, art and architecture of these prime astronomical viewing regions come alive.

Our company's philosophy is simple: Take you to the very best astronomical site with the highest potential of clear skies, best weather conditions, while you enjoy a first class vacation.

I personally invite you to join the family of friends who have enjoyed our astronomical tours for 23 years. Come with us on one of these amazing astronomical journeys.

—Melita Wade Thorpe
Founder and President

Preparing for Your Trip
Read: MWT Associates' Trip Preparation Guide

Distinguished Lecturers

MWT Associates is proud to introduce our lecturers...

Frank Drake, PhD. | David Eicher | Alex Filippenko, PhdD. | Mark Hammergren, PhD.
Dennis Mammana | Chris McKay | Jim Manning
Dr. William Sheehan | Dr. Seth Shostak | Rich Talcott | Dr. Michelle Thaller

Frank Drake, PhD.
Senior Scientist

Dr. Frank Drake serves on the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute.

In 1960, as a staff member of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, he conducted the first radio search for extraterrestrial...[Continued...]

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David Eicher
Editor, Astronomy Magazine

Dave Eicher has been with Astronomy magazine for 24 years, beginning as an assistant editor and working through associate, senior, and managing positions.He has been the magazine's editor since 2002... [Continued...]

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Alex Filippenko, Phd.
California Institute of Technology,
University of California at Berkeley

Dr. Alex Filippenko received his bachelor's degree in Physics (1979) from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his doctorate in Astronomy (1984) from the California Institute of Technology. He subsequently became a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow... [Continued...]

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Mark Hammergren, PhD
Astronomer,
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum

Dr. Mark Hammergren received his PhD in astronomy from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1998, and spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory... [Continued...]

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Dennis Mammana

Dennis Mammana
Astronomy Author & Photographer, SkyScapes

For more than three decades, Dennis Mammana has shared the wonder and mystery of the cosmos with audiences around the world. With a B.A. in physics from Otterbein College, and an M.S. in astronomy from Vanderbilt University, Mammana has held positions at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum... [Continued...]

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Jim Manning , PhD.
Executive Director, ASP

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) announced today that James Manning has been appointed to the position of Executive Director. Currently serving as Head of the Office of Public Outreach of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Mr. Manning will take up his new duties in San Francisco in early July... [Continued...]

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Chris McKay, PhD.
Member of the Mars Society
NASA Ames Research Center,Mountain View, CA.

Dr. Chris McKay received his Ph.D. in AstroGeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1982 and has been a research scientist with the NASA Ames Research Center since that time. His current research focuses on the evolution of the solar system and the origin of life. He is also actively involved in planning for future Mars missions including human settlements... [Continued...]

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Dr. William Sheehan
Contributing editor, Sky & Telescope
Psychiatrist, consultant to PACT-4 Families Collaborative

William Sheehan is one of the world's leading students of the planet Mars. In June 2001, he and a team of observers in the Florida Keys predicted and observed Martian flares at Edom Promontorium... [Continued...]

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Seth Shostak, PhD.
Public Programs Scientist and Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute

Dr. Seth Shostak is an astronomer involved with Project Phoenix, and has a BA in physics from Princeton and a PhD in astronomy from Caltech. But he's also responsible for much of the outreach activities of the Institute. He edits the newsletter, gives talks and writes magazine articles (and books) about SETI... [Continued...]

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Rich Talcott
Senior Editor, Astronomy magazine

Senior Editor Rich Talcott brings to the magazine a lifelong interest in the science of astronomy as well as observing the night sky. He graduated from Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, in 1976 with a degree in Mathematics... [Continued...]

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Michelle Thaller, PhD.
Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology

Dr. Michelle Thaller is a research scientist at the California Institute of Technology who divides her time between astronomical research and public education.... [Continued...]

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Preparing for Your Trip
Read: MWT Associates' Trip Preparation Guide

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