McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope Heliostat.

The heliostat of the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. The heliostat has a 2.03-meter (80-inch) mirror that reflects sunlight into the telescope's optical path. The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope was the largest solar telescope in the world upon its completion in 1962, a title it held until the first light of the National Solar Observatory’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in December 2019. The interior of the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope is currently being renovated to become the Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach.

Credit:

KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Salman

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Id:20210907-McMath-Reconstruction-4279-CC
Type:Photographic
Release date:April 19, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
Size:6240 x 4160 px

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