David H. Levy's Evening Stars: 50 years strong: a national observatory to be proud of
August 2010: Kitt Peak National Observatory plays an important role for astronomers of all stripes.
Contributed by David H. Levy
Published:
June 28, 2010
 Wendee Levy, the author's wife, spent several hours atop Kitt Peak capturing this image of spiral galaxy NGC 6946. Adam Block assisted and combined the various colors together to build this image.
Photo by Wendee Levy/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF |
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