Observatories of the Southwest : a guide for curious skywatchers /

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With its clear skies and low humidity, the southwestern United States is an astronomer's paradise where observatories like Kitt Peak have redefined the art of skywatching. The region is unique in its loose federation of like-minded research outposts and in the quantity and diversity of its obse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Isbell, Douglas, 1964-
Other Authors: Strom, Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Astronomical observatories > Southwestern States > History.
Astronomical observatories > Southwestern States > Guidebooks.
Observatoires astronomiques > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Observatoires astronomiques > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Guides.
TRAVEL > United States > West > Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY)
Astronomical observatories.
Southwestern States > Guidebooks.
États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Guides.
United States > Southwestern States.
Guidebooks.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Palomar Observatory: North San Diego County, California
  • Kitt Peak National Observatory: land of the Tohono O'odham Nation, near Tucson, Arizona
  • Lowell Observatory: Flagstaff, Arizona
  • Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory: Amado, Arizona
  • National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Socorro, New Mexico
  • The observatories of Sacramento Peak: Sunspot, New Mexico
  • McDonald Observatory: Fort Davis, Texas
  • Mount Graham International Observatory: Safford, Arizona.

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