Kitt Peak National Observatory |
| Alternative names | KPNO |
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| Organization | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy |
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| Observatory code | 695 |
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| Location | Kitt Peak, Arizona, US |
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| Coordinates | 31°57′30″N 111°35′48″W / 31.9583°N 111.5967°W / 31.9583; -111.5967 |
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| Altitude | 2,096 m (6,877 ft) |
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| Observing time | 260 nights per year |
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| Established | 1958 |
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| Website | noirlab.edu/public/programs/kitt-peak-national-observatory/ |
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| KPNO Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope | 4.0 m Ritchey-Chrétien reflector |
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| WIYN Telescope | 3.5 m Ritchey-Chrétien reflector |
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| McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope | Unobstructed solar reflector |
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| KPNO 2.1 m Telescope | Fourth largest on the mountain |
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| Coudé Feed Tower | Coudé spectrograph |
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| Coronado Array | Three solar instruments used for public education |
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| RCT Consortium Telescope | Robotically controlled |
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| WIYN 0.9 m Telescope | Galactic studies |
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| Calypso Observatory | Acquired by LSST Project |
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| CWRU Burrell Schmidt | Galactic studies |
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| SARA Observatory | Variable stars, undergraduate training |
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| Visitor Center telescopes | Three instruments used for nightly public programs |
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| Spacewatch 1.8 m Telescope | 72 in mirror scavenged from the Mount Hopkins MMT |
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| Spacewatch 0.9 m Telescope | Spacewatch |
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| Super-LOTIS | Designed to look for visible signatures of GRBs |
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| Auxiliary solar telescopes | Two 0.9 m instruments |
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| Bok Telescope | Versatile |
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| MDM Observatory 1.3 m McGraw-Hill Telescope | Originally at Ann Arbor |
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| MDM Observatory 2.4 m Hiltner Telescope | Galactic surveys |
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| ARO 12m Radio Telescope | One of two telescopes operated by the Arizona Radio Observatory, part of Steward Observatory |
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| VLBA | One of ten radio-telescopes forming the VLBA |
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| DIMM all-sky camera | monitors seeing |
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The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is an observatory in the United States. It is 55 miles (88 km) southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
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