# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4OhvrFyipj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11435776-af-academy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-03-07T20:47:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

## Caption

🌟𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 🔭

In the Department of Physics and Meteorology, cadets keep watch over space through a 1-meter telescope in the Observatory control room, located right here on the Academy campus.

At the observatory, cadets track hazardous near-Earth asteroids and other space objects, view supernovas, study exoplanets and conduct valuable research, helping prepare them to be fantastic #leadersofcharacter in our spaceforcedod.
 
#reasearch #space #innovation #telescope #observatory #usafa

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reasearch, leadersofcharacter, space, usafa, innovation, telescope, observatory

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