Whipple Observatory - Mount Hopkins

-The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) is an astronomical observatory on Mount Hopkins, Arizona south of Tucson and east of Green Valley
-Part of the Center for Astrophysics (Harvard & Smithsonian) and is owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
-The FLWO is the largest field installation of the Smithsonian astrophysical Observatory (SAO) outside of Cambridge, MA
-A joint facility with the University of Arizona for solar system, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy
-The 6.5-meter MMT (256-inch) is a joint facility operated with the University of Arizona
-Southern Arizona is one of the premier places in the world for astronomy due to unusually clear skies throughout the year

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