Anderson Mesa Station

Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
Organization Lowell Observatory, United States Naval Observatory
Code 688  
Location Coconino County, near Flagstaff, Arizona
Coordinates 35°05′49″N 111°32′09″W / 35.09694°N 111.53583°W / 35.09694; -111.53583
Altitude 2,163 meters (7,096 ft)
Established 1959 (1959)
Website Lowell Observatory
Telescopes
Perkins Telescope 1.8 m Cassegrain telescope
John S. Hall Telescope 1.1 m Ritchey-Chretien telescope
NURO Telescope 0.8 m reflecting telescope
Navy Precision Optical Interferometer Optical Interferometer

Anderson Mesa Station is an astronomical observatory established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory. It is located at Anderson Mesa in Coconino County, Arizona (USA), about 12 miles southeast of Lowell's main campus on Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Telescopes

Current telescopes

Former telescopes

See also

References

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