WIYN Observatory
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| WIYN Telescope | |
 The WIYN Telescope. Photo by NOAO / AURA / NSF. |
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| Organization: | WIYN Consortium |
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| Location: | Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA |
| Wavelength: | optical |
| Built: | Completed 1994 |
| Telescope style: | reflector |
| Diameter: | Blank diameter: 3.51155 m (138.25") / Diameter to bevels: 3.49885 m (137.75") |
| Collecting area: | 9.6m2 |
| Focal length: | f/ 1.75 |
| Mounting: | alt/az |
| Dome: | Truncated Rhombi-cube octahedron |
| Website: | http://www.noao.edu/wiyn/ |
The WIYN Observatory is owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium. Its telescope, a 3.5-meter instrument, is the newest and second largest telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Most of the capital costs of the observatory were provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, and Yale University, while the National Optical Astronomy Observatory provides most of the operating services.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- WIYN Observatory - official site.
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