Site survey seeing tower
The seeing tower used during the site survey to find the best location for the first US national observatory. This was taken on Chevelon Butte, Arizona, in the mid 1950s, but is very similar to the one used on Kitt Peak. From the private collection of Dr Helmut Abt.
Credit:Helmut Abt/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
About the Image
| Id: | noao-02547 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:53 p.m. |
| Size: | 1300 x 2000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Arizona |
| Category: | Kitt Peak National Observatory |
