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Gilded Shams: Observatory on San Miguel Mountain (Part One)

They named a crater on Mars for Richard Anthony Proctor. The British astronomer (1837–1888) not only popularized his subject, he enjoyed making controversial claims: that there could be life on other planets; that the moon ...

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