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Kitt Peak National Observatory

Kitt Peak National Observatory Peak

Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is an optical observatory at an altitude of 2,120 m on Kitt Peak in the Quinlan Mountains 90 m southwest of Tucson, Arizona. Its main instruments are the 4-m Mayall Telescope and the 3.5-m WIYN Telescope.

 

Also on Kitt Peak are the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope and the Solar Vacuum Tower, operated by the National Solar Observatory, and various instruments belonging to the Steward Observatory.