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Tucson Twinkling at Twilight

Tucson Twinkling at Twilight

On 30 August 2026, NSF NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador Hernán Stockebrand captured this view of Tucson, Arizona, after sunset. On the far right, peeking up over the Quinlan Mountains, is the NSF Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory , a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Amazingly, this picture was captured about 60 miles (96.6 km) away from Kitt Peak, from Windy Point Vista off the Catalina…

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NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
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Tucson Twinkling at Twilight (Labelled)

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