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  1. Science Center Opening Soon!

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    The Science Center will open on October 4. The Science Center is currently open on Fridays only from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (closed on Federal holidays).

    In order to ensure the best experience possible for the many guests we expect to visit in 2024, timed ticketed entry is required (but free) to visit the Science Center. Every guest who enters the Science Center must have a ticket. Guests who arrive without tickets will be asked to wait or to return at a later time with tickets. Tickets are available now.

    Tours up the mountain to the MMT and Ridge telescopes are currently closed while we work on developing new tour programs. VERITAS Walking Tours are open. Tickets for Up Close with VERITAS are $15 + taxes and fees per person. Every guest requires their own ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance online. Reservations are required and can be made here.

  4. MMT at the Tucson Festival of Books – Science City March 9-10, 2024

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    The Tucson Festival of Books is back! Visit MMT Observatory in Science City’s Science of Tomorrow tent! The MMT Observatory presents a hands-on demonstration of multi-object spectroscopy and how it’s implemented at the MMT. Visitors to the MMT booth can become virtual observers by using a game controller to align a virtual image of stars and galaxies onto slit masks. Once aligned, the light from those objects will pass through to the spectrograph that produces the rainbow color spectra that scientists use to understand the velocity, distance, temperature, and composition of objects in our galaxy and beyond.