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35761
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On Axel Heiberg Island, adventure was found for the author in ways that went beyond being part of a team collecting samples for astrobiological research. It was found in adjusting to the absence of modern conveniences easily taken for granted, such as comfortable indoor plumbing. It was also found in realizing that “habitable” becomes redefined by habituating in the North Pole.
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36968
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Profile was that year’s solar eclipse, a total solar eclipse in history touted as viewable in towns such as Franklin, Sylva, and Highlands. Included in the profile were other contributions that western North Carolina has made to the field of astronomy. In the early 1960s, NASA established a satellite tracking station in Transylvania County, now called the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. That institute became a site of research for this eclipse.
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36992
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For the February event spotlighted, it was called a “snow moon,” for the November event highlighted it was called a “supermoon.” Pictures taken of the moon in places like Asheville’s Pack Square and DuPont State Recreational Forest proved that, whether the moon was seen in the city or out in the county, it offered a spectacular view of lunar phenomena.
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39934
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Students from East Carolina University, Pitt Community College, and Pitt County Schools can now study the stars, thanks to the new observatory in Grifton collaboratively created by two local philanthropists and two North Carolina community colleges.
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41219
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Characteristics that make this galaxy extremely rare, according to the author, include its classification (Hoag type galaxies) and features such as a well-defined elliptical core. Also discussed were general features of galaxies, such as galaxy rings.
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