WIYN telescope

A 3.5-meter telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, completed in 1994. It is a project of the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale University, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO). It has a lightweight borosilicate primary mirror, Ritchey–Chrétien optics, and an altazimuth mounting.

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