Kitt Peak National Observatory

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Overview of some of the telescopes at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Organization	NOAO
Code	695
Location	Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona, United States
Coordinates	31°57.5′N 111°35.8′W
Altitude	2,096 m (6,875 ft)
Weather	72% clear nights
Website http://www.noao.edu/kpno/
Telescopes KPNO Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope 4.0 m Ritchey-Chrétien reflector WIYN Telescope 3.5 m Ritchey-Chrétien reflector McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope Unobstructed solar reflector KPNO 2.1 m Telescope Fourth largest on the mountain Coudé Feed Tower Coudé spectrograph SOLIS/Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope Solar telescope Razdow Telescope Weather monitoring for the solar telescopes WHAM Telescope Milky Way temperature and density mapping RCT Consortium Telescope Remotely controlled WIYN 0.9 m Telescope Galactic studies Calypso Observatory Only private telescope on the mountain CWRU Burrell Schmidt Galactic studies SARA Observatory Variable stars, undergraduate training ETC/RMT No longer operating Spacewatch 1.8 m Telescope 72 in mirror scavenged from the Mount Hopkins MMT Spacewatch 0.9 m Telescope Spacewatch Super-LOTIS Follow-on to the ETC/RMT HAT-1 Recently relocated to nearby Mount Hopkins Bok Telescope Versatile MDM Observatory 1.3 m McGraw-Hill Telescope Originally at Ann Arbor MDM Observatory 2.4 m Hiltner Telescope Galactic surveys   HF radio-telescope, built atop a tank turret ARO 12m Radio Telescope One of two telescopes operated by the Arizona Radio Observatory, part of Steward Observatory VLBA One of ten radio-telescopes forming the VLBA

The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is an observatory in the United States. It is 55 miles (88 km) southwest of Tucson, Arizona.

Other websites

• Kitt Peak National Observatory - official site