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The Double Quasar & Gravitational Lensing

The Double Quasar & Gravitational Lensing

May 2014
Pete Peterson shares his experience of observing a gravitationally lensed quasar 8.7 billion light years away from his Wishing Star Observatory in Barrington, RI.
January 17, 2014: Monthly Meeting

A Night at Wishing Star Observatory

September 30, 2011: AstroAssembly

Astrometry – and why I need a 1 meter telescope.

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