RADIUM SPRINGS, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico state parks system is getting a third observatory.

Officials on April 20 will celebrate the grand opening of the observatory at Leasburg Dam State Park. The facility in Radium Springs north of Las Cruces is a partnership between the state park, the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces and the New Mexico State University Astronomy Department.

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