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1 Experience… The National Radio Astronomy Observatory

2 at the new Science Center in Green Bank!

3 …Play! with hands-on astronomy exhibits in our

4 Catching the Wave Exhibit Hall!

5 …Shop! …Snack!

6 … Tour! winter & summer The Science Center is open year-round! Free tours are offered

7 …Stay! We have a brand new bunkhouse for school and youth groups.

8 …Marvel! The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope Largest moving structure on land.

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12 … Discover! The planet Jupiter

13 Jupiter as seen by a RADIO TELESCOPE!

14 Radio Image of Cassiopeia A, an exploded star

15 Radio Image of the Center of the Milky Way

16 M33 – a Spiral Galaxy Combined optical and radio image

17 Visit us, won’t you?

18 We’re in Pocahontas County! The Village at Snowshoe Mountain. Falls of Hills Creek. Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.

19 National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV www.gb.nrao.edu

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