{"id":2330,"date":"2021-04-08T20:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:45:51","slug":"astronomy-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/facilities\/astronomy-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-07-at-8.38.40-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-07-at-8.38.40-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021 04 07 at 8.38.40 PM\" width=\"1020\" height=\"986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-07-at-8.38.40-PM.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-07-at-8.38.40-PM-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-07-at-8.38.40-PM-768x742.png 768w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academics\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-07-at-8.38.40-PM-983x950.png 983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The astronomy lab provides students and professors the ability to remotely work with telescopes in Chile, photograph galaxies and discover new stars. 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