Kitt Peak National Observatory

noun

1. the U.S. national astronomical observatory near Tucson, Arizona, having over fifteen telescopes, including a 158-inch (4-meter) reflecting telescope.

Example Sentences

Scientists have wanted to get a close look at Europa since the early 1970s, when images from a telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson revealed that the moon’s surface was made of water ice.

From Los Angeles Times

Darkness was falling at Kitt Peak National Observatory outside Tucson, Ariz. At this hour Michelle Edwards, the observatory's associate director, would usually be inside prepping for a night on the telescope.

From Scientific American

A lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson is 40 percent contained, authorities said.

From Washington Post

Astronomers watched in fear over the past week as a growing wildfire crept up an Arizona mountainside toward the Kitt Peak National Observatory, forcing 40 people to evacuate days before the blaze destroyed four buildings early Friday morning.

From New York Times

Four nonscientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson were lost in a wildfire, but early indications show other buildings on the property didn’t appear to be damaged, authorities said Saturday.

From Washington Post