Kitt Peak National Observatory
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
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the U.S. national astronomical observatory near Tucson, Arizona, having over fifteen telescopes, including a 158-in. (4-m) reflecting telescope.
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astronomical observatory located on the Papago Indian Reservation 50 miles (
80 km)
southwest of Tucson,
Ariz.,
U.
S.,
at an elevation of 6,
888 feet (
2,
100 metres).
It was established in 1958 by the National Science Foundation (
NSF)
in response to a long-
felt need by astronomers in the eastern half of the United States for access to excellent optical observing facilities in a favourable climate.
Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy)
under contract with the NSF,
the observatory houses a collection of two radio and 21 optical telescopes,
the largest of which is the 13-
foot (
4-
metre)
Mayall Telescope.
The observatory also features the largest telescope ever designed for solar observation and a smaller vacuum tower telescope,
which is also used for studying the Sun.
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Universalium.
2010.
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