How to Apply for Observing Time

Staff Contacts for Instrument Questions

On first night of observing run: Please arrive at telescope by 1:30 PM, or negotiate another time with staff contact.

KPNO and NSO User Handbook

Available Telescopes and Instruments

Telescope and Instrument Documentation

Mayall 4 Meter Parameters

2.1 Meter Parameters

Observing Run Checklist

Kitt Peak Observing Run Preparation (ORP) Form

REMOTE OBSERVING INFORMATION

Coordinate Cache Submission Form

Help - Submission Form Error Messages

CCD and IR Detector Characteristics

Filter Information

Imaging Exposure Time Calculator

Spectroscopic Exposure Time Calculator

Spectral Atlas Central - for comparison arcs

Standard Star Catalogs Available

Kitt Peak Transportation Shuttle Information

NOAO Application for government Motor Vehicle Operator's Identification Card

Route Map from Tucson to Kitt Peak

Map of Kitt Peak Summit

SERVICE - web form for reporting problems 

Night Lunch Request Form

Observatory Policies for Dome Closing Conditions

All pages accessable only within NOAO

Safety Acknowledgement Forms

Kitt Peak Safety Info. and Requirements Poster

Mountain Safety Poster (Informative predecessor to above poster)

Safety Web Site

Quick Fire/Other Emergency Procedures

Wildfire Reporting and Response Plan

Kitt Peak Emergency Manual, June 2018 - PDF.

NOAO Emergency Health and Safety Manual - PDF.

Kitt Peak Tenants Primary Contacts

Kitt Peak Emergency Evacuation Procedure

SOP for Fire Response

Fire Hazard Assessment

Visitor Radio Operating Manual

Visitor Radio Charger User Manual

MOSAIC Lightning Shutdown Procedure

0.9m Lightning Shutdown Procedure

Please Complete the Following Form

Kitt Peak Observing Run Evaluation Form

How to retrieve your data from the
   NOAO Science Archive:

• Read chapter 1 of the NOAO Data Handbook
• Read the online NOAO Archive tutorials

DESI INFO

• Shipping Equipment to NOAO

Acknowledgements in Publications

Night Sky Spectrum-Mount Hopkins/Kitt Peak

The Delivered Image Quality with the MOSAIC Cameras at the Kitt Peak 4m Mayall and Cerro Tololo 4m Blanco Telescopes (2012 August 23)

Reflectivity and Scattering of 4m and WIYN Mirrors

Ephemeris for Kitt Peak (Observer's Calendar)

Kitt Peak Telescope Schedules

Schedule of Kitt Peak Observers

Kitt Peak Activities Calendar

WIYN Activities Calendar

0.9m Calendar

Instrument Support Calendar

Observing Assistant Calendar

Electronic Maintenance Schedule

Dome-opening status due to weather

Observatory Policies for Dome Closing Conditions

LTO reports

WIYN Night Logs

Know Your Observing Assistants

Cell Phone Use

Kitt Peak Site Information

Past Weather & Environment Plots

KP Web Cams - summit views

Kitt Peak All Sky Camera (KPASCA)

All Sky Archives

All Sky Movies on YouTube

WIYN - KPNO Precipitable Water Vapor

NASA AllSky Fireball Network

- KPNO Meteoroid Camera

4 Meter Weather Display

Most Recent Wind Data: 4m and 2m

Most Recent Dewpoint Data: 4m, 2m, WIYN

Historical Weather Data

WIYN Weather Statistcs (Open vs. Closed due to weather) from 1999 to 2006.

Probablility of Clear Skies
R.G Giovanelli, Feb. 1979

Statistics of Weather Data
and Telescope Usage at Kitt Peak National Observatory ... David L. Crawford, 1964 to 1981

Arizona Climate Summaries - Historical

Kitt Peak Weather Forecast

Kitt Peak Clear Sky Chart

NWS radar image from Tucson, AZ

NWS Tucson Forecast Discussion

NWS Lightning Safety Outdoors

Personal Lightning Safety

GOES Imaging of Northern Chile, South West, and Hawaii

Ground-Based GPS Meteorology - Sells, Az.

NRL - Satellite Meteorology

U of A Atmospheric Sciences

Real-Time Weather Data From NCAR

Unisys IR Satellite Map

The Weather Underground

HODAR - KPNO Weather

SARA Observatory Weather Data (Kitt Peak)

Other links to the Astronomical Community

NOAO FTP Archives

NOAO Library Resources

NOAO Science Data Management Help/Docs
(NOAO Data Handbook, Archives and Portals)

Select available stars (Bright Star Catalog)

CFHT spectral atlases for CdNe, FeAr, ThAr, and ThNe for (about) 3500-9500 Å in fits format

Select stars by [Fe/H], Teff, log g from Cayrel et al. catalog of Abundance Determinations

Autologging

Printing

Tips for Using the VI Editor

TeX and LaTeX help

DVD Writing Instructions

Taping Data - Using wfits and tar

How to Obtain Technical Assistance

Memorandum: Technical Problems Response

ICE Exposure Flow Chart