Advanced Observing Program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center
The Advanced Observing Program is a public program in which participants
use the high-tech resources of the Kitt Peak Visitor Center
Observatories to explore the Universe. Don’t miss our
images !
New CCD Images!
Quick Rate Info
$525/night, up to 2 people
$90/night/person, room and board, single occupancy
$75/night/person, double occupancy
Resources and Equipment
20-inch RC Observatory
RC Optical Systems
20-inch f/8.1 carbon truss Ritchey-Chrétien reflector on a
Paramount ME
RC Optical Systems
Telescope Control Center (TCC) hardware and software
Takahashi
106 FSQ (106-mm f/5) refractor
Astrophysics
convertible 2-inch 2× Barlow lens (for planets: yields f/16.2)
SBIG
STL-6303E (Non-ABG) CCD camera with auto-guider
8-position color filter wheel with
Astrodon
filters (L, R, G, B, Hα)
SBIG
AO-L adaptive optics system
Canon
EOS 5D digital camera
Philips
ToUCam (webcam)
TheSky6
(Professional Edition) software database and pointing tool
T-point
software to minimize telescope pointing errors
Mira
image processing software
Adobe
Photoshop CS2 image processing software
MaximDL
camera control and basic on-site image processing
RegiStar
image processing software
Roll-Off-Roof (ROR) Observatory
RC Optical Systems
16-inch f/8.4 carbon truss Ritchey-Chrétien reflector on a
Paramount ME
RC Optical Systems
Telescope Control Center (TCC) hardware and software
TEC
APO140ED (140-mm f/7) refractor
Astrophysics
convertible 2-inch 2× Barlow lens (for planets: yields f/16.8)
SBIG
STL-6303E (Non-ABG) CCD camera with auto-guider and color filter wheel
SBIG
AO-L adaptive optics system
Canon
EOS 5D digital camera
Philips
ToUCam (webcam)
TheSky6
(Professional Edition) software database and pointing tool
T-point
software to minimize telescope pointing errors
Mira
image processing software
Adobe
Photoshop CS2 image processing software
MaximDL
camera control and basic on-site image processing
RegiStar
image processing software.
16-inch SCT Observatory
Meade
16-inch LX-200 f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector on a fork mount
TeleVue
76-mm f/6.3 APO refractor
JMI
NGF-S 2-inch focuser with digital readout
Celestron
f/6.3 and
Optec
f/3.3 focal reducers
Astrophysics
convertible 2-inch 2× Barlow lens (for planets: yields f/20)
SBIG
ST8XE (Non-ABG) CCD camera with auto-guider
SBIG
CFW-8 color filter wheel (L, R, G, B, Hα)
SBIG
AO-7 adaptive optics system
Canon
Digital Rebel digital camera
Philips
ToUCam (webcam)
TheSky6
(Professional Edition) software database and pointing tool
T-point
software to minimize telescope pointing errors
Mira
image processing software
Adobe
Photoshop CS2 image processing software
MaximDL
camera control and basic on-site image processing
RegiStar
image processing software
Astrophotography
Platform type camera mount (piggy-back)
T-Rings for Canon, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, and Pentax
Off-axis guider
Variable illuminated reticle
Filters
Deep-sky, UHC, Hβ, O-III, Moon
Full selection of color filters
Broadband skyglow
Miscellaneous
Full selection of eyepieces including:
9mm Nagler
17mm Nagler
31mm Nagler
22mm Panoptic
7×50 Binoculars
Star charts (TheSky software, Uranometria 2000.0, Sky Atlas 2000)
Telrad (for learning how to point and find objects)