File:Sunset at Kitt Peak.jpg
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English: At Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab located near Tucson, Arizona, it’s unusual to have a cloudy night like this Image of the Week. The high desert climate and mountaintop location make it a great environment for world-class scientific research. The 19 research telescopes on the peak experience over 300 clear nights a year, allowing near year-round observing opportunities. This is great for the many exciting projects at KPNO. For example, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), led by the US Department of Energy, is acquiring the spectra of tens of millions of galaxies and quasars to construct a 3D map that will reveal the effects of dark energy in the Universe. Another instrument, NEID, funded by the joint NASA/NSF Exoplanet Exploration Program, is designed to measure the motion of nearby stars with extreme precision with the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope. This image was taken before the 2022 Contreras Fire, which affected KPNO. Read more here. |
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Source | https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2237a/ |
Author | KPNO/NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld |
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Their website states: "Unless specifically noted, the images, videos, and music distributed on the public NOIRLab website, along with the texts of press releases, announcements, images of the week and captions; are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, and may on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided the credit is clear and visible." To the uploader: You must provide a link (URL) to the original file and the authorship information if available. | |
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Date and time of data generation | 12:00, 14 September 2022 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 23.1 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 15:52, 23 January 2022 |
Serial number of camera | 42UQJ3S23A01T7 |
Lens used | 22.4 mm f/2.8 |
Date and time of digitizing | 21:07, 16 September 2021 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:52, 23 January 2022 |
Credit/Provider | KPNO/NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld |
Source | NSF's NOIRLab |
Unique ID of original document | 18BEF8277E06C780BDE80A1BAB32940D |
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950 North Cherry Ave. Tucson, AZ, 85719 USA |
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