The University of Arizona's Steward Observatory's main office is located on the University's campus and is closely tied to the Department of Astronomy. Established in 1916 by its first director, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, and a $60,000 bequest made by Lavinia Steward in memory of her late husband Henry B.

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  • The University of Arizona's Steward Observatory's main office is located on the University's campus and is closely tied to the Department of Astronomy. Established in 1916 by its first director, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, and a $60,000 bequest made by Lavinia Steward in memory of her late husband Henry B. Steward, the Steward Observatory now owns and operates the Multiple Mirror Telescope, Mount Graham International Observatory and a number of other major optical and sub-millimetre telescopes at several sites in the state, such as on Kitt Peak, Mount Hopkins and Mount Lemmon. Steward Observatory employs over 300 people, including roughly 100 Ph.D. astronomers, 40 graduate students, as well as many additional undergraduate students and support personnel. Steward Observatory includes several large research groups. The Center for Astronomical Adaptive Optics is at the forefront of developments in adaptive optics. The infrared group built the NICMOS instrument for the Hubble Space Telescope and the MIPS instrument for the Spitzer Space Telescope. In addition, Steward's Mirror Laboratory, located on the east side of Arizona Stadium, has pioneered new techniques of large mirror production, including spin-casting lightweight, honeycomb mirrors. The Mirror Laboratory completed the second mirror for the Large Binocular Telescope in September, 2005. The Mirror Lab is currently building the first off-axis 8.4 diameter meter mirror for the proposed Giant Magellan Telescope; the GMT design calls for 7 mirrors, 6 of them off-axis, creating an effective aperture of 21.4 meter. The Mirror Lab is also currently making the 8.4 meter diameter primary/tertiary mirror for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The 61-inch aperture reflecting Kuiper telescope resolved Pluto and Charon. It had a first light in 1965, and was used for Lunar studies, producing high resolution maps of the lunar surfrace for NASA.
  • Lo Steward Observatory è un osservatorio astronomico dell'Università dell'Arizona. L'ufficio principale dell'osservatorio è nel campus dell'università ed è collegato al dipartimento di astronomia. È stato costruito nel 1916 dal suo primo direttore, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, grazie alla donazione di 60.000 dollari di Lavinia Steward e dedicato alla memoria del defunto marito Henry B. Steward. Lo Steward Observatory è proprietario ed operatore dei Multiple Mirror Telescope, Osservatorio internazionale del monte Graham, e molti altri telescopi ottici e sub-millimetri sui monti dell'Arizona, come il Kitt Peak, il Monte Hopkins, e il Monte Lemmon. Lo Steward Observatory impiega oltre 300 astronomi, di cui circa 100 con un Ph.D. e 40 studenti. Lo Steward Observatory include molti gruppi di ricerca. Il Center for Astronomical Adaptive Optics è all'avanguardia nello sviluppo delle ottiche adattive. Il gruppo dell'infrarosso ha costituito lo strumento NICMOS per il telescopio spaziale Hubble e il MIPS per il telescopio spaziale Spitzer. Inoltre lo Steward Mirror Laboratory sviluppa nuove tecniche per costruire specchi grandi e leggeri a nido d'ape con spin-casting. Lo Steward Mirror Laboratory ha completato il secondo specchio per il Large Binocular Telescope nel settembre 2005 e sta attualmente costruendo un prototipo fuori asse da 8,4 m per il Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT); il progetto del GMT è di 7 specchi in tutto, 6 dei quali fuori asse, per un'apertura effettiva di 21,4 m.
  • 史都华天文台（Steward Observatory）位于美国亚利桑那州的图森市，隶属于亚利桑那大学，由安德鲁·道格拉斯在1916年创建。史都华天文台管理和运行多台望远镜，包括6.5米的多镜面望远镜（MMT）、2台8.4米的大双筒望远镜（LBT）、以及位于格拉汉姆山国际天文台、基特峰、霍普金斯山、莱蒙山上的数个光学和亚毫米波望远镜。 史都华天文台曾为哈勃空间望远镜研制近红外线照相机和多目标分光仪（NICMOS）、为斯皮策空间望远镜研制多波段成像光度计（MIPS）。其镜面实验室（SOML）为大双筒望远镜、多镜面望远镜、麦哲伦望远镜和巨型麦哲伦望远镜（GMT）等多个大型望远镜制造了主镜。
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  • Lo Steward Observatory è un osservatorio astronomico dell'Università dell'Arizona. L'ufficio principale dell'osservatorio è nel campus dell'università ed è collegato al dipartimento di astronomia. È stato costruito nel 1916 dal suo primo direttore, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, grazie alla donazione di 60.000 dollari di Lavinia Steward e dedicato alla memoria del defunto marito Henry B. Steward.
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