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The National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory is the first national observatory of the United States and has the world's largest collection of optical telescopes. Located about 52 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in the Sonoran Desert. |
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 Kitt Peak |
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 Sonoran Desert |
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 The world's largest collection of optical telescopes! |
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 Most of the action around here takes place at night. . . Too bad, as the views are spectacular during daylight hours! |
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 The 2.1-meter optical telescope (domed building above). The 0.9-meter Coude Feed telescope (square building on left). |
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vvvvvvvvvv The 4-meter Mayall optical telescopes. |
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 The 2 meter Solar Observatory. Pictured above is the 2-meter McMath-Pierce heliostat along with two 0.9-meter aux. heliostats. Small vertical building on right is the 0.7-meter Solar Vacuum Telescope. The very small domed building on the far right is the 0.1-meter Razdow |
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 No wonder the "B" ball and tennis court looks like this - everyone is asleep during the day! |
