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Burlington observatory hosts NASA’s Jim Green for 30th telescope anniversary
Burlington celebrates 30 years with the 12 inch Alvan Clark and Sons telescope at the John H. Witte Observatory. NASA scientist Jim Green, a Burlington native and former Burlington High School graduate, returns to town to speak and tour schools. Green credits early Iowa chemistry teacher Don Vinson and Dr James Van Allen for his path to space science.
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