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.

Due to a missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles, independent scientists of the National Solar Observatory ( NSO ) and the Air Force Research Laboratory ( AFRL ) now ( 2011 ) predict that the next 11-year solar sunspot cycle, Cycle 25, will be greatly reduced or may not happen at all.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( ORNL ) has developed a new alternative to skylights called Hybrid Solar Lighting.

* National Solar Observatory

Houston Public Schools system is home to 11-time National Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge Championships.

As director of Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center, he operates one of the largest solar dishes in the world.

It is also on the Sustrans Solar System Cycle Track which runs from York to Riccall and is part of the National Cycle Network and Trans-Pennine Way.

) Today, that idea has expanded to encompass the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the National Solar Observatory, the Gemini Observatory and the Arecibo Observatory, all of which are funded in whole or in part by NSF.

One of the world's largest solar parabolic dishes at the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center in Israel.

There are sixty one interdisciplinary research centers at Ben-Gurion University including: the S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, the Robert H. Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies and Development, the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center, the Goldstein-Goren-International Center for Jewish Thought, the Esther and Sidney Rabb Center for Holocaust and Redemption Studies, the Edmond J. Safra Center for the Design and Engineering of Functional Biopolymers, the Reimund Stadler Minerva Center for Mesoscale Macromolecular Engineering and the Zlotowski Center for Neurosciences.

* Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center, the national alternative energy research institute of Israel

The world's largest parabolic solar dish at the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center.

Other victims of repression were the former home Secretary, José Tohá González and the former Minister of National Defense, Orlando Letelier del Solar.

A single solar dish-Stirling engine installed at Sandia National Laboratories National Solar Thermal Test Facility produces as much as 25 kW of electricity, with a conversion efficiency of 31. 25 %.

The mission of the National Solar Observatory is to advance knowledge of the Sun, both as an astronomical object and as the dominant external influence on Earth, by providing forefront observational opportunities to the research community.

The National Solar Observatory operates facilities at two locations.

The National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak welcomes visitors during the daytime.

The National Solar Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation, for the benefit of the astronomical community.

* National Solar Observatory home page

* National Solar Observatory observes a ' solar tsunami ' ( Moreton wave )

The United States Naval Observatory began the A. 1 scale 13 September 1956, using an Atomichron commercial atomic clock, followed by the NBS-A scale at the National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado.

The river, named Hamza after the discoverer, an Indian-born scientist Valiya Mannathal Hamza who is working with the National Observatory at Rio, makes it the first and geologically unusual instance of a twin-river system flowing at different levels of the earth's crust in Brazil.

In 1960, Frank Drake conducted the first search for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia.

Forth was first exposed to other programmers in the early 1970s, starting with Elizabeth Rather at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

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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.

The observatory is administered by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory ( NOAO ).

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* Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center-visiting and tour information

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia.

The largest optical telescope in the world as of 2009 to use a non-segmented single-mirror as its primary mirror is the 8. 2 m ( 8. 7 yards ) Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located in Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii since 1997 ; however, this is not the largest diameter single mirror in a telescope, the U. S ./ German / Italian Large Binocular Telescope has two 8. 4 m ( 9. 2 yards ) mirrors ( which can be used together for interferometric mode ).

The North Side is also home to many popular attractions such as Heinz Field, PNC Park, Carnegie Science Center, National Aviary, Andy Warhol Museum, Mattress Factory installation art museum, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Highmark SportsWorks, Penn Brewery and Allegheny Observatory.

Following several years of work, Louis Essen from the National Physical Laboratory ( Teddington, England ) and William Markowitz from the United States Naval Observatory ( USNO ) determined the relationship between the hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium atom and the ephemeris second.

MOP was to be performed by radio antennas associated with the NASA Deep Space Network, as well as the radio telescope of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia and the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Among these may be mentioned: the Mazatzal Mountain region in Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona ; Red Feather Lakes, near Ft Collins, Colorado ; Amethyst Mountain, Texas ; Yellowstone National Park ; Delaware County, Pennsylvania ; Haywood County, North Carolina ; Deer Hill and Stow, Maine and in the Lake Superior region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario in Canada.

"... Turquoise was chosen because the greenish-blue stone is indigenous to Arizona, copper because Arizona is one the nation's top copper-producing states and purple because it has become a favorite color for Arizona sports fans, thanks to the success of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns.

One subspecies, the Masked Bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus ridgewayi ), is listed as endangered with wild populations located in Sonora, Mexico and a reintroduced population in Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Arizona.

The Phoenix Coyotes are a National Hockey League franchise based in Arizona.

* 1962 – The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 76 % of the money handed out for Arizona ’ s voucher program has gone to children already in private schools.

For instance, in the lead-up to the 1964 Republican National Convention, the press referred to supporters of the insurgent Arizona conservative Barry Goldwater as " Cactus Jacobins " in their effort to unseat the moderate East Coast branch of the party ( see Rockefeller Republican ).

In the middle of this era, in 1997, the Royals declined the opportunity to switch to the National League as part of a realignment plan to introduce the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays as expansion teams.

* Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States

They won the National League Division Series in five games over the Arizona Diamondbacks, but lost to the eventual World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals in six games during the NLCS.

Yellowstone National Park has a mountainside containing obsidian located between Mammoth Hot Springs and the Norris Geyser Basin, and deposits can be found in many other western U. S. states including Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

* September – The U. S. Army 45th Infantry Division ( previously a National Guard Division in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma ), is activated and ordered into federal service for 1 year, to engage in a training program in Ft. Sill and Louisiana, prior to serving in WWII.

In early 1997, Major League Baseball decided to assign one new team to each league: Tampa Bay joined the American League and Arizona joined the National League.

* Southwestern: based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Southwestern Region ( R3 ) covers two states ( New Mexico and Arizona ) and eleven National Forests.

They made a stronghold in the Chiricahua Mountains, part of which is now inside Chiricahua National Monument, and across the intervening Willcox Playa to the northeast, in the Dragoon Mountains ( all in southeastern Arizona ).

This region — " one of the most remote in the United States " according to the National Park Service — is reached only by one of three lengthy dirt tracks beginning in from St. George, Utah, Colorado City or near Pipe Spring National Monument ( both in Arizona ).

* Chester Taylor ( born 1979 ), American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals

Soleri is a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006.

Category: National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

Category: Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona

Flagstaff has a strong tourism sector, due to its proximity to Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, the Arizona Snowbowl, Meteor Crater and historic Route 66.

Traveling north from downtown, Fort Valley Road ( U. S. 180 ) connects with the Museum of Northern Arizona, Arizona Snowbowl, and Grand Canyon National Park.