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HPR’s Dave Lawrence and Christopher Phillips hosted Stargazer on Mondays to discuss the latest developments in astronomy. Stargazer is no longer in production. The last episode aired on Oct. 16, 2023.

July 20 - 26, 2015 Stargazer: Mauna Kea Summit's Space Butterfly

The planets Venus and Jupiter set earlier in the evening, Saturn is setting in the early morning hours, and we return to the Mauna Kea summit to learn about the discovery of a planetary nebula called the Space Butterfly as HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence speaks with Christopher Phillips from the Mauna Kea Astronomy Outreach Committee for this week’s Stargazer.

Credit GeMS/GSAOI Multi-Conjugat Adaptive Optics System
NGC 2346
Credit Gemini Observatory
Gemini computer simulation

Dave Lawrence is the local host of All Things Considered, Road Stories (formerly Off the Road) and Stargazer.
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