TELESCOPE SITE

THE ARIZONA SITE

The Tenagra site was chosen specifically for its excellent seeing averaged over the S. Arizona observing season from September 15 to July 1. The average night has 2" FWHM seeing. The site has virtually 100% coverage of the skies at longitude west 110° 52’ 44.8", latitude +31° 27’ 44.4", altitude 1,312m (4,306 feet). The site is in the Sonoran desert and in close proximity with Mt. Hopkins, Kitt Peak and other major observatories. Typical humidity is less than 15%.  MPC code is 926.  The  0.81-m Tenagra II (32") telescope is permanently housed here.

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