Astronomy Notes - Kitt Peak National Observatory

Past event
Oct 15, 2024, 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Lamoille County Star Gazers member Rita Ciambra will be giving a presentation about the Kitt Peak National Observatory, located in Arizona. Her talk will highlight the variety of telescopes at Kitt Peak and some of the cutting-edge research being done there. Rita will also explain how work being done at NOIRLab (the US National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory) will support the construction of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory currently being built in Chile with a primary telescope over 27 feet in diameter.

The presentation will take place at the Morrisville Centennial Library on Tuesday, October 15th, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm.

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