Moonlit Heliostat
The full Moon rises behind 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 optical path of the telescope. 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
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Id: | iotw2037a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | Sept. 9, 2020, 12:28 p.m. |
Size: | 5184 x 3456 px |
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