Future Tours
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Zero Gravity Flights
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience
true weightlessness in an environment allowing you to float, flip and
soar as if you were in space!
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Total Solar Eclipse Tour
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November 2012
Cairns / Port Douglas, Australia
Details coming soon.
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Total Solar Eclipse Tour
20 March 2015
Faroe Islands
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Past Tours
Northern Lights Tour 2010
We visited the lovely town of Tromso in March 2010 where we were treated to
spectacular displays of the Northern Lights.
Total Solar Eclipse 22 July 2009
Eclipse of the Century led a lively group of astronomers, amateur astronomers
and virgin eclipse-chasers on an 8 night trip to the Far East in July
2009.
In Shanghai we stayed at the fabulous Sofitel on Nanjing Road where
many of our group enjoyed the hotel home-brewed beer rather too much!
A few photos of the group at the delicious Welcome Dinner can be see
here:
We boarded on ship the Costa Allegra the next day and had a brief life
boat drill:
We were in our Captain and crews hands as they steered us on
course for Korea and then 3 ports in Japan:
Our 3 Japan port visits included Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kagoshima:
During our cruise, we held a series of excellent talks and informal
sessions led by Dr Chris Lintott (the presenter of The Sky at Night)
and Pamela Gay (associate research professor of Physics at Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville. She also produces the popular science podcast
Astronomy Cast):
We then sailed on to the eclipse. Tensions were high and expectations
were great but we got caught in a vast weather pattern of cloud
as did much of Asia on eclipse day. Our spirits were not dampened and
there were cheers as we caught glimpses of the sun peaking through:
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