Kitt Peak Observatory Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory NOAO System Science Center
Sean Points, CTIO/NOAO/AURA/NSF
KOSMOS has arrived at the Mayall 4-meter
The Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS) and the Cerro Tololo Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS) are nearly identical spectrographs being developed simultaneously. The position of the long slit of the spectrograph is shown superimposed on the image of the planetary nebula M 57.
NOAO is saddened to report the passing of Oscar Saa. A long time employee of CTIO, Saa was in charge of all telescope operations. Read and share your memories.
The University of Arizona and NOAO are seeking a post-doctoral fellow to work on the development of a tool to identify time domain alerts from astronomical sky surveys.
M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, seen with new ODI Camera on WIYN Telescope
NOAO Press Release 13-09
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