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You are cordially welcome to the homepage for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) of the New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology (NMT) . We hope you will enjoy your visit to our website and encourage you to submit any ideas you have for improving its usefulness and information content by submitting your comments and suggestions to the MRO WebMaster.

 

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) is primarily intended for astronomical research and will be composed of two facilities, a single 2.4-Meter telescope and an array of optical/infrared telescopes called an Interferometer. It is located on South Baldy Ridge in the Magdalena mountains, some 30 miles west of the New Mexico Tech (NMT) campus. At an elevation of 10,600 ft. above sea level, it will be the fourth highest observatory in the world.

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