Talk:Kitt Peak National Observatory

Steward Observatory
The page lists the Steward Observatory as a telescope on Kitt Peak. This is not correct. The Steward Observatory is a organizational unit at the University of Arizona which operates telescopes in various locations, including the 12-m telescope on Kitt Peak. Unfortunately, the Steward Obs page is a stub, and there doesn't seem to be a 12-m telescope page. --zandperl 01:46, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I added a section about the leasing of the site from the Tohono O'odham. I took it from the page about them. It is relevant since their is an ongoing controversy about the use of sacred lands for the observatory. malatesta 21:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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 * Found the updated link. --Lasunncty (talk) 19:19, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunate Incident
Although not very uplifting, apparently an unusual death occurred at the observatory in 1987. The only reference I have seen is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths. Some mention could be added to the article. SquashEngineer (talk) 13:32, 7 June 2022 (UTC) Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 10:14, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

2022 Contreras Fire
Conrad T. Pino (talk) 18:35, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * https://www.astronomy.com/science/kitt-peak-national-observatory-mostly-operational-after-contreras-fire/
 * https://wildfiretoday.com/tag/contreras-fire/