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Observatory Attractions In Magdalena

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Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 926 in 2012. The Lady on the Mountain is a rock formation on Magdalena Peak overlooking Magdalena. Spanish soldiers saw the profile of a woman on the west face of the peak. A priest with them was reminded of a similar peak in Spain called La Sierra de Maria Magdalena, so he called the New Mexico one La Sierra de Magdalena. The pass to the south of the peak became known as Magdalena Gap, and when a town grew up it received the same name.Magdalena continues to be a ranching community while strengthening its art, astronomy and geology venues. The reopening of the Magda...
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  • 1. National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro
    The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc for the purpose of radio astronomy. NRAO designs, builds, and operates its own high sensitivity radio telescopes for use by scientists around the world.
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