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Astronomy in New Mexico



Observatories, Museums, and Planataria in New Mexico:

  • Hefferan Planetarium
    Albuquerque Public Schools, Career Enrichment Center
    807 Mountain Rd. NE
    Albuquerque, NM 87102
    505-247-3658

  • Meteorite Museum
    Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico
    200 Yale NE Albuquerque, NM 87131-1126
    505-277-1644
    E-mail: scoulie@unm.edu

  • Santa Fe Community College Planetarium
    P.O. Box 4187
    S. Richards Avenue
    Santa Fe, NM 87502
    505-438-1707, fax: 505-438-1302

  • Capilla Peak Observatory
    Institute for Astrophysics, University of New Mexico
    800 Yale NE
    Albuquerque, NM 87131

  • Apache Point Observatory
    P.O. Box 59
    Sunspot, NM 88349
    505-437-6822, fax: 505-434-5555

  • National Solar Observatory
    Sacramento Peak, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
    P.O. Box 62
    Sunspot, NM 88349
    505-434-7000

  • National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    Very Large Array Radio Telescope and Very Long Baseline Array Radio Telescope
    P.O. Box 0
    Socorro, NM 87801
    505-835-7000



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