Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) is an Amado, Arizona observatory operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). It was previously known as the Mount Hopkins Observatory (MHO), but renamed for the SAO director who established it. Among its telescopes:

• MMT.
• PAIRITEL (Peters Automated IR Imaging Telescope).
• HATNet (Hungarian Automated Telescope Network).
• VERITAS (4-telescope gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope).
• Tillinghast (60" telescope).
• Mearth-North telescopes.
• MINERVA telescopes (4 robotic 70-cm telescopes).

MMT is at Mount Hopkins' summit at 2616 meters, and the other telescopes are at 2340 meters.