WIYN Observatory

<p>The WIYN Observatory is owned and operated by the <a href="/facts/WIYN_Consortium/TGJXF84p">WIYN Consortium</a>. Its 3.5-<a href="/facts/Metre/hPhzc1CV">meter</a> <a href="/facts/Telescope/BDwYahhR">telescope</a> is the second largest optical telescope at <a href="/facts/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory/FBuoAAkz">Kitt Peak National Observatory</a> in <a href="/facts/Arizona/6ayM3swJ">Arizona</a>. Most of the capital costs for the <a href="/facts/Observatory/y0FVg7vS">observatory</a> were provided by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Wisconsin%25E2%2580%2593Madison/Rfj54YvS">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a>, <a href="/facts/Indiana_University_Bloomington/44gyhspU">Indiana University</a>, and <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a>, while the <a href="/facts/National_Optical_Astronomy_Observatory/grDboHfw">National Optical Astronomy Observatory</a> (NOAO) provides most of the operating services. The NOAO is an institution of the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>; it is the national optical observatory program and supports a collection of ground-based telescopes at Kitt Peak (where WIYN is located) as well as other locations.
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WIYN Observatory