At the top of Kitt Peak Mountain near Tucson [ http://www.ci.tucso…], Arizona [ http://www.state.az…] lies one of the world's great collections of telescopes. As pictured [ http://www.noao.edu…], in the dome at the far left lies the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…], famous recently for tracking distant supernovae. The next major dome to the right houses a 36-inch telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] now used mostly for imaging. Farther to the right beside a thin tower is a 2.1-meter Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] used currently for imaging and spectroscopy. The unusual triangular building houses the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…]. In front of it lies the Vacuum Tower Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] while in back are the Burrell-Schmidt Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] and the SARA 0.9-meter automated telescope. At the far right lies one of the world's largest telescopes: the 4-meter Mayall Reflector [ http://www.noao.edu…]. Kitt Peak recently celebrated its 40th year [ http://www.noao.edu…] during which it helped establish the existence of dark matter [ http://www.sciam.co…] and the first gravitational lens [ http://vela.astro.u…]. Kitt Peak National Observatory [ http://www.noao.edu…] is part of the United States' National Optical Astronomical Observatories [ http://www.noao.edu…] and is operated under agreement with the National Science Foundation [ http://www.nsf.gov/].
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At the top of Kitt Peak Mountain near Tucson [ http://www.ci.tucso…], Arizona [ http://www.state.az…] lies one of the world's great collections of telescopes. As pictured [ http://www.noao.edu…], in the dome at the far left lies the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…], famous recently for tracking distant supernovae. The next major dome to the right houses a 36-inch telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] now used mostly for imaging. Farther to the right beside a thin tower is a 2.1-meter Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] used currently for imaging and spectroscopy. The unusual triangular building houses the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…]. In front of it lies the Vacuum Tower Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] while in back are the Burrell-Schmidt Telescope [ http://www.noao.edu…] and the SARA 0.9-meter automated telescope. At the far right lies one of the world's largest telescopes: the 4-meter Mayall Reflector [ http://www.noao.edu…]. Kitt Peak recently celebrated its 40th year [ http://www.noao.edu…] during which it helped establish the existence of dark matter [ http://www.sciam.co…] and the first gravitational lens [ http://vela.astro.u…]. Kitt Peak National Observatory [ http://www.noao.edu…] is part of the United States' National Optical Astronomical Observatories [ http://www.noao.edu…] and is operated under agreement with the National Science Foundation [ http://www.nsf.gov/].
