# Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails (noirlab2512ae)

- By: DESI Collaboration/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/L. Tyas
- Date: 19 March 2025 (upload date)
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory_Beneath_Star_Trails_(noirlab2512ae).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/9/94/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory_Beneath_Star_Trails_%28noirlab2512ae%29.jpg/1920px-Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory_Beneath_Star_Trails_%28noirlab2512ae%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab, beneath streaking star trails, created by long-exposure photography. The tallest telescope seen is the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, on which DESI is mounted.