Point of interest
National Solar Observatory
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Location
3001 Visitor Center Rd
Sunspot, NM
Tips from locals
Some of the best views of the Tularosa Basin and one of the best locations in the western hemisphere for viewing the constellations.
Sunspot is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento Mountains in the Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, about 18 miles south of Cloudcroft. Its elevation is 9,186 feet. The Sunspot Solar Observatory and Apache Point Observatory are located in Sunspot in the Sacramento Mountains.
The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is the national center for ground-based solar physics in the United States and is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences.