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St. Lawrence University student from Potsdam practices astronomy skills on Kitt Peak telescope

Posted 2/2/15

Harrison Schwarzer traveled to the MDM Observatory near Tucson and took observations of a pulsar. CANTON – A St. Lawrence University student from Potsdam was able to hone his astronomy skills using …

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St. Lawrence University student from Potsdam practices astronomy skills on Kitt Peak telescope

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Harrison Schwarzer traveled to the MDM Observatory near Tucson and took observations of a pulsar.

CANTON – A St. Lawrence University student from Potsdam was able to hone his astronomy skills using one of the world’s best-known telescopes in January.

Harrison Schwarzer of Potsdam, accompanied Josh Tan, visiting assistant professor of physics, to the MDM Observatory, part of the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz.

The two spent seven nights of observing binary neutron stars on the 1.3-m McGraw-Hill telescope.