MDM Observatory

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 573 words | Copyright

MDM Observatory An observatory on Kitt Peak, Arizona, jointly owned by the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, the Ohio State University, Columbia University, and Ohio University; the initials MDM arise from the names of the three initial owners, Michigan, Dartmouth, and MIT. The MDM Observatory operates two telescopes: the 2.4-m Hiltner Telescope, altitude 1938 m, opened in 1986, and the 1.3-m McGraw–Hill Telescope, altitude 1925 m, opened at Dexter, Michigan, in 1969 and moved to Kitt Peak in 1975. http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/mdm/

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