Magdalena Ridge Optical Interferometer

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Socorro County, New Mexico, about 32 kilometers west of the town of Socorro. The observatory is located in the Magdalena Mountains near the summit of South Baldy Mountain, adjacent to the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research and South Baldy.

Observatory

The Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research is a scientific laboratory studying the cloud processes that produce lightning, hail, and rain, located in the Magdalena Mountains of central New Mexico. Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Magdalena Ridge Optical Interferometer.

Peak

South Baldy is the highest point of the Magdalena Mountains in central New Mexico, in the United States. It is in the Magdalena Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest, about 9 mi south of Magdalena and 18 mi west-southwest of Socorro.

Latitude

33.97834° or 33° 58′ 42″ north

Longitude

-107.18542° or 107° 11′ 8″ west

Open location code

855JXRH7+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

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