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Announcement of Opportunity for the Operation of the
2.1m telescope on KPNO -
Gemini observing time, made available through NOAO, contributes to discovery of first potentially habitable earth-sized planet orbiting another star. NOAO post doc Mark Everett is a co-author on the paper. -
The April 14-15 Total Lunar Eclipse composite image as viewed from Kitt Peak National Observatory -
The Cerro Tololo Ohio State Multi Object Spectrograph (COSMOS) arrived at CTIO on 2014-03-14. -
Dark Energy Camera (DECam) aids in the discovery of Dwarf Planet 2012 VP113 (red, green, blue dots in image at left), only the second such object known to exist beyond the Kuiper Belt edge. -
KOSMOS Commissioning Run on the Mayall 4-meter -
Blanco f/8 secondary major milestone: The mirror has been mounted on the telescope for the first time since the accident. This was a joint NOAO South/North effort.
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