COLUMBIA — Just a few miles outside Columbia city limits, an amateur stargazer can see the Ring nebula using just a pair of binoculars. Astronomers using the telescope in MU's Laws Observatory have a bit more trouble.
Stankowski Field will shut off lights to darken skies
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 7:44 p.m. CST;
updated 10:49 p.m. CST, Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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