Slideshow Index: Kitt Peak

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• Approaching the Kitt Peak summit at 6700 feet
• The solar telescope
• Our tour guide for the Astronomy Center
• Kitt Peak is located about 70 miles southeast of Tucson
• The 4 meter telescope was open for touring this day
• Kitt Peak has some of the clearest air in the USA for viewing
• Other telescopes including the 8 meter telescope
• Looking south towards Mexico
• Kitt Peak is one of the highest peaks in this range
• The wind is usually strong on this peak
• The solar telescope keeps a good eye on solar flares
• The 4 meter telescope room with the dome closed
• The solar scope live image arrives in this room
• Our solar system planets showing relative size
• The larger planets and relative sizes
• Then a comparison to our sun
• Looking across at the 4 meter telescope site
• The long solar collection tunnel
• This is the lens which is focused on the sun at all times
• Looking up at the end of the solar telescope
• A model of the solar telescope in the main center
• The live image of the sun relayed up by a TV Camera
• Some of the mirrors used in the reflecting telescopes
• On our way back down. It's about a 5000 foot drop from the top to the desert floor.
• The view southwest
• The view west. The Aho Highway is stretching west
• A last view of the observatory on the way down
• The view south towards Mexico