KPNO 1.3-meter interior

KPNO 1.3-meter interior

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The interior of the 50-inch (1.3-meter) telescope on Kitt Peak, with the 2.1-meter telescope showing through the open dome shutter. The 1.3-meter telescope was closed in 1995 for budgetary reasons and was refurbished in 2001 by a university consortium.

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