Steward Observatory

Steward Observatory is the research arm of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona (UArizona). Its offices are located on the UArizona campus in Tucson, Arizona (US). Established in 1916, the first telescope and building were formally dedicated on April 23, 1923. It now operates, or is a partner in telescopes at five mountain-top locations in Arizona, one in New Mexico, one in Hawaii, and one in Chile. It has provided instruments for three different space telescopes and numerous terrestrial ones. Steward also has one of the few facilities in the world that can cast and figure the very large primary mirrors used in telescopes built in the early 21st century.

Steward Observatory
The observatory on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson
OrganizationUniversity of Arizona
Observatory code 692 
LocationTucson, Arizona
Coordinates32.2333°N 110.9490°W / 32.2333; -110.9490
Altitude792 meters (2,598 ft)
Established1916 (1916)
WebsiteSteward Observatory
Telescopes
Mount Graham10 m Submillimeter Telescope
1.8 m VATT
2 x 8.4 m Large Binocular Telescope
Catalina Station1.6 m Kuiper Telescope
0.7 m Schmidt camera
Mount Lemmon1.5 m NASA Telescope
1.0 m telescope
Kitt PeakARO 12m Radio Telescope
2.3 m Bok Telescope
1.8 m Spacewatch telescope
0.9 m Spacewatch telescope
Super-LOTIS
Mount Hopkins6.5 m MMT
Location of Steward Observatory
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