UWSP | Department of Physics & Astronomy - Access to Kitt Peak National Observatory
 Copyright 2007 by T. Abbott and NOAO/AURA/NSF |
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UWSP belongs to a consortium of research institutions
that have
contracted with Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, to
operate their 0.9-meter telescope. As a participating member of the
consortium, UWSP faculty and students are guaranteed observing time on
specified dates throughout the calendar year.
Kitt Peak National
Observatory (KPNO), part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
(NOAO), supports the most diverse collection of astronomical
observatories on Earth for nighttime optical and infrared astronomy and
daytime study of the Sun. Sharing the mountaintop site with the National
Solar Observatory, KPNO, founded in 1958, operates three major
nighttime telescopes and hosts the facilities of consortia which operate
19 optical telescopes and two radio telescopes. Kitt Peak is located 56
miles southwest of Tucson, AZ, in the Schuk Toak District on the Tohono
O'odham Nation and has a Visitor Center open daily to the public.
To
visit the KPNO website, click here.
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