SAO Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins

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The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory complex, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, on Mount Hopkins. Its instruments include the 6.5-meter MMT, multiple other optical and infrared telescopes up to 1.5 meters, and a 10-meter gamma-ray/optical telescope.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lawrence_Whipple_Observatory
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Coordinates:   31°40'57"N   110°54'50"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago