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Cosmic Coffee - Introducing the Lowell Discovery Telescope

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Online Public

Type: Special Event

Held on: Jun 04, 2020 (Thu) at 09:00 AM to Jun 04, 2020 (Thu) at 10:00 AM

Online Location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOa1M7VdFjY&feature=emb_title

Speaker: Dr. Jeff Hall

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Event Coordinator: John McLaren

Overview

Cosmic Coffee explores a different topic in astronomy or planetary science each week. This week, Lowell Observatory Director Dr. Jeff Hall gives us a tour of the 4.3-meter Lowell Discovery Telescope, the 5th largest optical telescope in the continental United States. Cosmic Coffee is presented each Thursday at 9am AZ/PT.

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