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New chapter begins for Kitt Peak Telescope


February 12, 2018

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A new chapter opens today in the history of the 4-meter Mayall Telescope, the largest aperture telescope at NSF's Kitt Peak National Observatory. Having completed its first 45-year-long assignment, the telescope is now poised to embark on a new mission: creating the largest 3-D map of the cosmos to date. The map will help astronomers chart out the role of dark energy in the expansion history of the universe.Full Story

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