Apache Point Observatory (APO)
An observatory located at an altitude of 2,780 meters in the Sacramento
Mountains, near Sunspot, New Mexico. It is privately owned and operated
by the Astrophysical Research Consortium, whose members include New Mexico
State University, the University of Washington, the Iniversity of Chicago,
Princeton University, and Washington State University. APO houses a 3.5-meter
(138-inch) telescope for both optical and infrared observations, the 2.5-m
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Telescope, and two smaller telescopes. The observatory opened in 1990.
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