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See the stars at CSUSB’s Observatory

February 12, 2012 by Archived posts 278 Comments

CSUSB Observatory

  By Melissa Benton |Staff Writer| The $3 million state-of-the-art Murillo Family Observatory is the only teaching facility of its kind in the Inland Empire. The observatory held its official ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 18. Its official open house was scheduled for Jan. 27, but was canceled due to high winds. Another open house is in the works and is looking to be scheduled at the end of March. The observatory was named for George and Pauline Murillo, their family and the San Manuel tribal members who made major contributions to finance it. The Murillo family matched the donation initially made by the W. M. Keck Foundation, which provided the funding for all the … [Read more...] about See the stars at CSUSB’s Observatory

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