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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

The McMath-Pierce Facility will transition into the Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach over two years. The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope was dedicated in 1962 and was the only telescope capable of observing the sun at infrared wavelengths. (Photograph by Corinna Tellez)

Kitt Peak renovations spare telescope, increase ‘global reach’

Corinna Tellez December 5, 2018

Kitt Peak National Observatory is receiving a two-year, $6.4 million transformation to save its historic solar telescope facility and renovate its aging visitor center. Built in 1962, the McMath-Pierce...

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