The Florence & George S.Wise Observatory, Israel

 

Leader of the computer-software department at the observatory, Peter and I stands outside the observatory building.

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Star trails (Jupiter is the brightest. The second brightest is Saturn) as seen from The Florence & George S.Wise Observatory at Mizpe Ramon in the Negev Desert.

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I spent the night at the roof of the observatory while the astronomers were studying light-variations of a variable star in the constellation of Gemini.

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