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  "id": "pisgah-astronomical-research-institute",
  "name": "PARI (Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute)",
  "shortName": "PARI",
  "region": "Western NC",
  "country": "Canada",
  "administrativeArea": "Ontario",
  "coordinates": {
    "latitude": 35.2,
    "longitude": -82.8667
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  "timezone": "America/New_York",
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  "summary": "Former NASA tracking station — public star parties and radio-astronomy tours.",
  "intro": "PARI (the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute) occupies a former NASA and Department of Defense satellite tracking station deep in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest, and now runs public tours, camps, and ticketed star parties around its collection of radio and optical telescopes.",
  "established": null,
  "drivingFromToronto": "Located in Rosman, NC, within Pisgah National Forest, southwest of Asheville.",
  "bestTime": "Check PARI's event calendar for scheduled Star Party dates — these are ticketed evenings with staff-run telescopes.",
  "highlights": [
    "Former NASA satellite tracking station with radio telescopes still on-site",
    "Ticketed public Star Party events with staff-operated telescopes",
    "Deep in Pisgah National Forest — genuinely dark, low-humidity mountain air"
  ],
  "tips": [
    "Star Party and tour tickets are sold in advance through PARI's website",
    "The campus also runs STEM camps and lodging for longer stays"
  ],
  "whatToSee": "Deep-sky objects through PARI's telescopes, plus a look at the site's large radio-astronomy dishes repurposed from its NASA tracking-station days.",
  "source": {
    "label": "PARI — Star Party",
    "url": "https://www.pari.edu/shop/tickets/event-tickets/star-party/"
  },
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  "attribution": {
    "app": "Clear Night Planner — Ontario Night Sky",
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    "license": "Editorial content © Clear Night Planner. Data freely citable with link back."
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