Kitt Peak National Observatory

Kitt Peak National Observatory
	Overview of some of the telescopes at the Kitt Peak National Observatory
Alternative names	KPNO
Organization	NOIRLab
Observatory code	695
Location	Kitt Peak, Arizona, US
Coordinates	31°57′30″N 111°35′48″W
Altitude	2,096 m (6,877 ft)
Observing time	260 nights per year
Established	1958
Website	www.noao.edu/kpno/
Telescopes
KPNO Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
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
Coronado Array	Three solar instruments used for public education
RCT Consortium Telescope	Robotically controlled
WIYN 0.9 m Telescope	Galactic studies
Calypso Observatory	Acquired by LSST Project
CWRU Burrell Schmidt	Galactic studies
SARA Observatory	Variable stars, undergraduate training
Visitor Center telescopes	Three instruments used for nightly public programs
Spacewatch 1.8 m Telescope	72 in mirror scavenged from the Mount Hopkins MMT
Spacewatch 0.9 m Telescope	Spacewatch
Super-LOTIS	Designed to look for visible signatures of GRBs
Auxiliary solar telescopes	Two 0.9 m instruments
Bok Telescope	Versatile
MDM Observatory 1.3 m McGraw-Hill Telescope	Originally at Ann Arbor
MDM Observatory 2.4 m Hiltner Telescope	Galactic surveys
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
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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