Hours of Operations
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Infinite Wonders Await!
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Location
1400 West Mars Hill RdFlagstaff AZ, 86001
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Things To See On Campus
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Find out how and if our Sun could make new planets. In this article Dr. Lisa Prato gives you her take on the possiblity. http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/how-the-sun-could-make-a-new-batch-of-planets/472857/
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View the breathtaking images taken with the Large M onolithic Imager on the 4.3-meter Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT). Located in Happy Jack, Arizona, the LDT is Lowell Observatory’s main research […]
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Cape Royal on the North Rim provides a panorama up, down, and across the canyon. With seemingly unlimited vistas to the east and west, it is popular for both sunrise […]
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