Kitt Peak National Observatory

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the U.S. national astronomical observatory near Tucson, Arizona, having over fifteen telescopes, including a 158-inch (4-meter) reflecting telescope.

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She told me about how on drives from Lowell Observatory to Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, she and her colleague Kent Ford would always stop and buy wildflowers.
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Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
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