Kitt Peak National Observatory
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Darkness was falling at Kitt Peak National Observatory outside Tucson, Ariz. At this hour Michelle Edwards, the observatory's associate director, would usually be inside prepping for a night on the telescope.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2022
Four nonscientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson were lost in a wildfire, but early indications show other buildings on the property didn’t appear to be damaged, authorities said Saturday.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
Kitt Peak National Observatory is operated by NOIRLab, the National Science Foundation’s center for ground-based optical-infrared astronomy.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022
After a commissioning period, its survey of the northern sky — using the Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson — could start as early as January 2020.
From Nature ● Aug. 11, 2019
Once she got to do some actual observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, and later at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, Ghez had found her calling.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
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