# REDIRECT Kitt Peak National Observatory

The Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ) is a United States astronomical observatory site located on 2, 096 m ( 6, 880 ft ) Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O ' odham Nation, southwest of Tucson.

Kitt Peak was selected by its first director, Aden B. Meinel, in 1958 as the site for a national observatory under contract with the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) and was administered by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

In 1982 NOAO was formed to consolidate the management of three optical observatories — Kitt Peak ; the National Solar Observatory facilities at Kitt Peak and Sacramento Peak, New Mexico ; and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

Kitt Peak is famous for hosting the first telescope ( an old 91 cm reflector ) used to search for near-Earth asteroids, and calculating the probability of an impact with planet Earth.

* Each night, Kitt Peak Visitor's Center hosts the Nightly Observing Program, which allows visitors to arrive in the late afternoon, watch the sunset, and use binoculars and telescopes to view the cosmos.

The project followed SARA astronomers from Ball State University to the observatory and featured time-lapse images from various points around Kitt Peak.

Image: Kittpeak2. jpg | View of Kitt Peak looking towards the Mayall 4-meter telescope

Image: Kitt Peak National Observatory-380 ° panorama taken from behind the Warner & Swasey Observatory. jpg | 380 ° panorama of Kitt Peak from the Warner and Swasey Observatory

Image: Kitt Peak National Observatory-400 ° panorama taken from the Mayall 4-meter observatory. jpg | 400 ° panorama from Kitt Peak's Mayall 4-meter Observatory

* Discover Magazine article about Kitt Peak, May 2005

* Kitt Peak docent training book, 2008

Kitt Peak's Southeastern Association for Research and Astronomy ( SARA ) Telescope was recently featured in the WIPB-PBS documentary, " Seeing Stars in Indiana ".

* Observing At Kitt Peak-General Overview for Observers and Staff

Batista endorsed Lansky ’ s idea over the objections of American expatriates such as Ernest Hemingway and the elegant hotel opened for business in 1955 with a show by Eartha Kitt.

Spacewatch, which uses a 90 centimeter telescope sited at the Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona, updated with automatic pointing, imaging, and analysis equipment to search the skies for intruders, was set up in 1980 by Tom Gehrels and Dr. Robert S. McMillan of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona in Tucson, and is now being operated by Dr. McMillan.

The Spacewatch project has acquired a 1. 8 meter telescope, also at Kitt Peak, to hunt for NEOs, and has provided the old 90 centimeter telescope with an improved electronic imaging system with much greater resolution, improving its search capability.

Some of the celebrities who have read on the show include Philip Bosco ( Barbara Bash's Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus ), Michael Ansara ( Paul Goble's The Gift of the Sacred Dog, Sheila MacGill Callahan's And Still the Turtle Watched ), Josie de Guzman ( Leyla Torres ' Saturday Sancocho ), Jason Robards ( Francine Jacobs ' Sam the Sea Cow ), Bill Cosby ( Marc Brown's Arthur's Eyes ), Eartha Kitt ( Megan McDonald's Is This a House for Hermit Crab?

* Eartha Kitt ( Is This a House for Hermit Crab?

The peak was named in English by County Surveyor George J. Roskruge for his sister, who was the wife of William F. Kitt.

In 1978, Kitt did the voice-over in a TV commercial for the album Aja by the rock group Steely Dan.

Kitt lent her distinctive voice to the role of Yzma in Disney's The Emperor's New Groove, for which she won her first Annie Award, and returned to the role in the straight-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove and the spin-off TV series The Emperor's New School, for which she won two Emmy Awards and two more Annie Awards ( both in 2007 – 08 ) for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production.

Kitt was the spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics ' Smoke Signals collection in August 2007.

A long-time Connecticut resident, Eartha Kitt lived in a converted barn on a sprawling farm in the Merryall section of New Milford for many years and was active in local charities and causes throughout Litchfield County.

Kitt became a vocal advocate for homosexual rights and publicly supported same-sex marriage, which she believed to be a civil right.

He began his career as an accompanist at the age of 16 and played for Mabel Mercer, Johnny Mathis and Eartha Kitt, among others.

Later he wrote for Patrick Juvet singles like " I love America ", " Viva California " and " Gay Paris ", for Regine, Dalida, Eric Russell, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Norton, Julius Brown, Starlight, Diva, Dennis Parker " Like an Eagle " that was also a major success, David London, Break Machine, Wayne Scott for the movie Rambo, Pia Zadora .....

The first of these was Kitt 2000 Velp of the Netherlands Mega Skippyballs, a huge hopping ball which by virtue of its size was intended only for adult use.

* Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Kuzco's advisor who wants to get rid of Kuzco so that she can take over.

More notable European practitioners, who have worked with butoh and avoided the stereotyped ' butoh ' languages which some European practitioners tend to adopt, take their work out of the sometimes closed world of ' touring butoh ' and into the international dance and theatre scenes include Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Kitt Johnson ( Denmark ) and Katharina Vogel ( Switzerland ).

It was arranged that James would impersonate Kitt and then Kitt would walk out to take the microphone.

The mountain, Kitt Peak, is part of the tribal lands of the Native American people the Tohono O ' odham.

The asteroid was discovered at Kitt Peak National Observatory as part of the Spacewatch project.

Every March, Picacho Peak State Park hosts a re-enactment of the Civil War battles of Arizona and New Mexico, including the battle of Picacho Pass.

The forest hosts several superlatives, including Mount Whitney, the highest point in the Contiguous United States ; Boundary Peak, highest point in Nevada ; and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest that protects the oldest trees in the world.

Three main peaks array on a N-S axis along a ridge on the mountain's taller western half: Hocheck ( 2651 m ), Mittelspitze ( Middle Peak, 2, 713m ) and Südspitze ( South Peak, 2, 712m ).

The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, or ASPO, is a network of scientists, affiliated with a wide array of global institutions and universities, whose goal is to attempt to determine the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world ’ s production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints.

Mako has recently signed a contract with the world wide YMCA organisation to assist with their training programs and her Manager, Stephen J Peak, has also attempted to obtain a contract with the production company attached to Channel 10 TV concerning the fitness show ," THE BIGGEST LOSER ".

This is reinforced for some by the alleged similarity of Locksley to the area of Loxley, South Yorkshire, in Sheffield, where in nearby Tideswell, which was the " Kings Larder " in the Royal Forest of the Peak, a record of the appearance of a " Robert de Lockesly " in court is found, dated 1245.

St. Cyril Peak and St. Methodius Peak in the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, in Antarctica are named for the brothers.

* March 25 – Enron energy traders allegedly route 2, 900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200.

* July 13 – 14 – Peak of July 1936 heat wave: The U. S. states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana all set new state records for high temperature.

The first commercial wall was built in Sheffield, traditionally England's centre for climbing due to its proximity to the Peak District.

For example, within the Peak District National Park the estimate in 2004 for visitor spending is £ 185 million, which supports over 3, 400 jobs, representing 27 % of total employment in the National Park.

Other Japanese names for Mount Fuji, which have become obsolete or poetic, include Fuji-no-Yama ( ふじの山, the Mountain of Fuji ), Fuji-no-Takane ( ふじの高嶺, the High Peak of Fuji ), Fuyō-hō ( 芙蓉峰, the Lotus Peak ), and Fugaku ( 富岳 or 富嶽, the first character of 富士, Fuji, and 岳, mountain ).

It is reported that only one of them still offer rickshaw rides on The Peak, mainly for tourists.

Some sources give Achiktash as the Kyrgyz name for this 7, 134 m mountain on the border with Tajikistan, but it seems that Achiktash, or more properly Achik-Tash, is the name of a plateau and a base camp at an altitude of 3, 600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak, which starts in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, a day's drive north of the border.

One of the oldest historic sites for the production of alum from shale and human urine are the Peak alum works in Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.

Stagecoach driver Bill Turner, who drove the route for the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express, told the Colorado Transcript in 1909 how and when this changed:

The Peak, a new Sports Village, was opened in April 2009 to cater for a range of sporting activities.

The specific impurity ( or impurities ) responsible for the toxic effects was never firmly established, however two compounds, EBT ( 1, 1 '- ethylidene-bis-L-tryptophan, popularly known as " Peak E ") and MTCA ( 1-methyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid ), which are close chemical relatives of L-tryptophan were implicated.

She received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for female performance in Dante's Peak.

** 1998 – Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress — Action / Adventure for Dante's Peak ( 1997 )

The wall at Peak Field was used for rifle practice.

It is not uncommon for some places in the Cascades to have over of annual snow accumulation, such as at Lake Helen, near Lassen Peak.

With the exception of the 1915 eruption of remote Lassen Peak in Northern California, the range was quiet for more than a century.