Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

Entrance to the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Alternative names	The Mount Hopkins Observatory
Named after	Fred Lawrence Whipple
Observatory code	G91, 696
Location	Mount Hopkins, Amado, Mount Hopkins, US
Coordinates	31°40′52″N 110°52′41″W / 31.6811°N 110.878°W / 31.6811; -110.878
Altitude	2,606 m (8,550 ft)
Established	1968
Website	linmax.sao.arizona.edu/help/FLWO/whipple.html
Telescopes
MMT Observatory 6.5 m reflector Telescope 1.5 m reflector Telescope 1.2 m reflector PAIRITEL (V07; Chile) 1.3 m reflector MINERVA 0.7m 5 telescopes VERITAS 12 m 4-telescope array HATNet telescopes optical refractor
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The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an American astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO); it is their largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is located near Amado, Arizona on the summit, a ridge and at the foot of Mount Hopkins.

Research activities include imaging and spectroscopy of extragalactic, stellar, solar system and extra-solar bodies, as well as gamma-ray and cosmic-ray astronomy.