National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Past Exhibition
Astronomy Chat with Laura Vega
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Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory; Rain Location, Explore the Universe gallery
Free
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Free
Chat with astronomer Laura Vega during your visit. Learn about pulsations and occultations in supergiant stars, their companions, and their surrounding disks. Laura Vega is an astronomer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Accessibility: The Observatory dome and Museum galleries are accessible.
Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory; Rain Location, Explore the Universe gallery
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