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Flagstaff area : May 22-24, 2017

Lowell Observatory


Parker Dam

The Clark Refractor

Clark telescope dome

Eyepiece, finders, and controls

The dome rotates on 24 late 40's Ford tires and axles

Digiscoping Jupiter through the Clark refractor - the Great Red Spot is barely visible at 9 o'clock

The Clark Dome

The Clark Dome with Big Dipper overhead

Flagstaff skyline

Walnut Canyon National Monument


Walnut Canyon

Cliff dwellings

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The Island

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Siva Hairstreak (Mitoura siva)

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Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments


Sunset Crater

San Francisco Mountain

Wukoki Pueblo

Old beams to support a second floor

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Wupatki Pueblo

Ballcourt

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Becker's White caterpillar on Prince's Plume

An ISS pass with the Beehive Cluster below, Big Dipper upper right.

Two Iridium flares about 2 minutes apart.

The Milky Way behind Sunset Crater

Circumpolar star trails

Southwest of Flagstaff