# @nauflagstaff on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaEz84JHW-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23542120-nauflagstaff-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-09-27T04:40:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Northern Arizona University (@nauflagstaff) — https://gondola.cc/nauflagstaff

## Caption

When we live in a #DarkSkyCity, we’re able to have star parties & actually see stars 🌌✨ 

Interested in the night sky & universe? Check out nau.astro.club & our Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science!

BONUS: here’s 5 fun facts to impress your friends
🔭 Pluto was discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

🌃 Flagstaff enacted the world’s first outdoor lighting ordinance in 1958 – preventing light pollution
 
⭐️ Some stars are so big they could fit over 1,000 Suns inside them!
 
🤯 The closest star to Earth (besides the Sun) is Proxima Centauri, 4.24 light-years away.

🏅Flagstaff is the world’s first International Dark Sky Place, receiving its designation in 2001.

 #InternationalDarkSkyCity #DarkSkyCity #DarkSkyCoalition #FlagstaffSkies #ArizonaSky #SpaceFacts #StarParty #LowellObservatory #Stars #StarFacts #FlagstaffArizona

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- **Views:** 12,387
- **Likes:** 2,728
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- **Comments:** 6

## Tags

lowellobservatory, flagstaffarizona, spacefacts, starfacts, darkskycity, arizonasky, starparty, flagstaffskies, darkskycoalition, internationaldarkskycity, stars

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