Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope

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Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope

Status

Operational

Broad Science Goals

Public night observing program

Astrophotography workshops

Site

Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA

Location Coordinates

31º 57’ 29.4’ N

111º 35’ 53.8’ W

Altitude

2096 m (6877 ft)

Enclosure

Dome

Type

Optical

RCOS 20-inch

Takahashi  106 FSQ f/5 106-mm Astrograph refractor

Canon 60Da DSLR

Optical Design

f/8.1 Ritchey-Chrétien 

Field of View

0.32° x 0.21° (with Canon 60Da)

Diameter: Primary M1

0.5 meters

Material: Primary M1

Mount

Equatorial, Paramount MEII

First Light Date

Adaptive Optics

None

Images taken with the Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope

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Videos of the Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope

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Press Releases with the Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope

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