The United States' national optical observatory, established in 1958 on land leased from the Tohono O'odham Nation southwest of Tucson, Arizona, and home to the largest collection of optical telescopes on a single mountain in the continental United States. Its Mayall 4-meter telescope was long among the largest in the country.
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Observatory TypeAstronomical observatory 2 LocationKitt Peak, Quinlan Mountains, Arizona, 88 km west-southwest of Tucson 2 Classification
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General information - type
United States astronomical observatory
General information - location
located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, 88 kilometers (55 mi) west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona
General information - founding
Kitt Peak National Observatory was founded in 1958
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (optical)
The observatory was administered by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) from the early 1980s until 2019, after which it was overseen by NOIRLab.
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (radio)
With more than twenty optical and two radio telescopes, it is one of the largest gatherings of astronomical instruments in the Earth's northern hemisphere.
In Group: Optical Observatories of the Americas, Lead sentence
The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, 88 kilometers (55 mi) west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
Operated By: NOIRLab, Article text: operator
The observatory was administered by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) from the early 1980s until 2019, after which it was overseen by NOIRLab.
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