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Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO) is a division of Steward Observatory, the research arm for the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, in the United States. It is located in southeastern Arizona's Pinaleño Mountains near Mount Graham. During development, it was first called the Columbus Project.
The Vatican Observatory (Italian: Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Holy See.Originally based in the Roman College of Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy and operates a telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the United States.
Vatican Observatory Observatory code: 290 Altitude: 3,178 m (10,427 ft) Telescope style: Gregorian telescope optical telescope Diameter: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Secondary diameter: 0.38 m (1 ft 3 in) Focal length: 16.48 m (54 ft 1 in) Mounting: altazimuth mount Website: www.vovatt.org
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is an optical telescope for astronomy located on 10,700-foot (3,300 m) Mount Graham, in the Pinaleno Mountains of southeastern Arizona, United States. It is a part of the Mount Graham International Observatory .
The observatory sits at the summit of 5,715-foot Mt. Wilson, accessible only by a serpentine stretch of Angeles Crest Highway. When George Ellery Hale established it in 1904 with funding from what ...
Steward Observatory is the research arm of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona (UArizona). Its offices are located on the UArizona campus in Tucson , Arizona (US). Established in 1916, the first telescope and building were formally dedicated on April 23, 1923.
Grassroots group Apache Stronghold is starting its annual run to Mount Graham to raise awareness on spiritual, environmental threats to the peak. Indigenous activists, environmentalists start ...
Mount Burnett Observatory: 1972 Mount Burnett, Victoria, Australia Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory: Greenville, Delaware, US Mount Graham International Observatory: 1993 Mount Graham, Arizona, US Mount John University Observatory: 1965 Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand Mount Laguna Observatory: 1968 San Diego, California, US Mount ...