Top marks to Celestron for streaming 'Around The World In 80 Telescopes' during 100 Hours of Astronomy.  Many people in our Astronomy Club immediately got online and watched fantastic coverage of the great observatories and ongoing scientific research.

There so much interest from many club members who are not online that I've set about recording the archived files so that they can see the coverage they missed. 

I totally loved the short introduction films from each observatory. They are so well made its like Science Meets Art!  I could easily watch all of those films back to back.

I realy have to get down to planning a trip to a great observatory - I'm thinking Kitt Peak.  Its brilliant that these observatories, which were a short while ago the premier facilities on the planet, are now welcoming the public with open arms and running programs that include observing and imaging with these historic instruments.  I have to go there - its like the scopes are calling me ....