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WIYN 3.5m Telescope

(Kitt Peak telescope run by university collaboration and NOIRLab)

The WIYN 3.5m Telescope is a reflector telescope located at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), operated by the WIYN Consortium which currently consists of U. Wisconsin, Indiana University, U. Missouri, Purdue, and NOIRLab (which was formerly the NOAO). Yale University initially was a consortium member. Instruments:

Another telescope located at the site is the WIYN 0.9m Telescope.


(telescope,reflector,visible light,ground,Arizona)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIYN_Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIYN_Consortium
https://www.wiyn.org/
https://noirlab.edu/science/programs/kpno/telescopes/wiyn-35m-telescope
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/kitt-peak-national-observatory/wiyn-35m-telescope/

Referenced by pages:
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)
monolithic mirror
WIYN Open Cluster Study (WOCS)

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