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As a national center for ground-based astronomy, Kitt Peak is home to twenty-five optical and two radio telescopes. Scientists from around the globe use these facilities for research programs in stellar, solar, and planetary studies. Selection of users is based entirely upon the merit of the individual research programs. The Observatory operates the Mayall 4-meter, the WIYN 3.5-meter, the 2.1-meter, and Coude Feed, and the 0.9-meter telescopes. The National Solar Observatory operates the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, as well as the Vacuum Solar Telescope.
The following photo gallery presents images of Kitt Peak National Observatory taken against the backdrop of night. For more information, see Kitt Peak's official web site .
Click on each image to see a larger photo.
All photographs, text and web pages are © Copyright 2007 by Fred Espenak, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. They may not be reproduced, published, copied or transmitted in any form, including electronically on the Internet or WWW, without written permission of the author. The photos have been digitally watermarked.
The photographs may be licensed for commercial, editorial, and educational use. Contact Espenak (at MrEclipse) for photo use in print, web, video, CD and all other media.
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Last revised: 2008 Feb 10
