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Kitt Peak Mountain - Observing Information


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Click on photo for summit web cameras. Kitt Peak is located 56 miles southewest of Tucson, AZ, in the Schuk Toak District on the Tohono O'odham Nation and has a Vistitor Center open daily to the public.

Continuum spectrum from an Echelle grating with 316 lines/inch.




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