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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

The Kuiper 61-inch, a telescope atop Mount Lemmon, is named after Gerard Kuiper, founder of the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Kuiper's other namesakes include the UA's earth sciences building and the Kuiper Belt, an asteroid belt on the edge of the Solar System. (Kyle Mittan / Arizona Sonora News)

Life in the Dark: A night with a UA astronomer

Kyle Mittan December 4, 2014

At 1 a.m., Paul Smith might be the only one playing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 at nearly full volume on Mount Lemmon.The piece has a happier tone than the 19th-century Russian and German composers...

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