Palantir Stretches Capability of NPOI
The Dark Energy Survey was a large-scale astronomical survey covering 5000 square degrees – roughly 1/8 of the entire sky – focusing primarily in the southern hemisphere.
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Searching for M-Dwarf Stars
In partnership with Dr. Elliott Horch of Southern Connecticut State University, van Belle has led the effort of carrying out the Pervasive Overview of `Kompanions’ of Every M-dwarf in Our Neighborhood (POKEMON) survey
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Comet Research – 2I/Borisov
2I/Borisov, the first definitive interstellar comet detected as it passed through our solar system, gave astronomers the first opportunity to characterize how a comet formed elsewhere compares to comets we routinely observe.
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Lowell Observatory Presents 2nd Annual I Heart Pluto Festival
PRESS RELEASE JANUARY 27, 2021 Lowell Observatory Presents 2nd Annual I Heart Pluto Festival Flagstaff, AZ. – Lowell Observatory is pleased to present a celebration 91 years in the making: […]
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Lowell Scientists Help Characterize Second Known Minimoon
PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 Lowell Scientists Help Characterize Second Known Minimoon Flagstaff, AZ. – Astronomers using data collected with the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) have helped to characterize only […]
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Michael West Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. So wrote the longtime United States Senator from Arkansas, […]
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Robert Burnham and his Celestial Handbook
The appeal of astronomy is both intellectual and aesthetic; it combines the thrill of exploration and discovery, the fun of sight-seeing, and the sheer pleasure of firsthand acquaintance with incredibly […]
Read MoreLOWELL OBSERVATORY COMMENCES A SCIENCE-BASED COVID-19 REOPENING PLAN IN ALIGNMENT WITH CDC GUIDELINES
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07 August 2020 LOWELL OBSERVATORY COMMENCES A SCIENCE-BASED COVID-19 REOPENING PLAN IN ALIGNMENT WITH CDC GUIDELINES Flagstaff, AZ. – Employing a cautious and scientifically rigorous […]
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Lowell Observatory Presents Perseid Meteor Shower Livestream on August 11
On the evening of August 11, Lowell Observatory will present a free interactive livestream program about the Perseid Meteor Shower. Beginning at 9:00 p.m. AZ/PDT (12:00 a.m. EDT), Lowell Observatory […]
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The Perseid Meteor Shower
By Kevin Schindler, Lowell Observatory Historian The passing of July to August signals the arrival of one of the most prominent and reliable meteor showers, the Perseids. It has wowed […]
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SCIENTISTS FIND REMNANT OF STRANGE DISMEMBERED STAR CLUSTER AT GALAXY’S EDGE
Artist’s impression of the thin stream of stars torn from the Phoenix globular cluster, wrapping around our Milky Way (left). For the study, the astronomers targeted bright Red Giant stars, […]
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Lowell Observatory Presents Interactive Livestream of Delta Aquariid and Alpha Capricornid Meteor Showers on July 28
On July 28 at 9 p.m. AZ/PDT, Lowell Observatory will host a free livestream highlighting the Southern Delta Aquariid and Alpha Capricornid meteor showers. Lowell Observatory Astronomer Dr. Nick Moskovitz, […]
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