Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)
Located 56 miles southwest of Tucson, AZ on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in the Sonoran Desert.
- Founded
- 1958
- Operating telescopes
- Mayall 4-meter, 2.1 meter, and Coudé Feed
- Fact 1
- Hosts the facilities of consortia which operate 19 optical telescopes and two radio telescopes
- Fact 2
- First national observatory of the U.S.
- Fact 3
- World's largest collection of optical telescopes
- Fact 4
- Administered by the NOAO and receives funding from the NSF under contract with the AURA.
- Website
- KPNO's homepage