Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
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| Alternative names | The Mount Hopkins Observatory | ||||||||||||||
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| Named after | Fred Lawrence Whipple | ||||||||||||||
| Observatory code | G91, 696 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mount Hopkins, Amado, Mount Hopkins, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°40′52″N 110°52′41″W / 31.6811°N 110.878°W | ||||||||||||||
| Altitude | 2,606 m (8,550 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
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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 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.