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Old 10-09-2009, 02:54 AM
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Chile's BIG Scopes

Chile has some of the best observatories in the world.
http://astro.nineplanets.org/bigeyes.html

From north to south they are:
1. Cerro Paranal has four 8.2m mirrors also a 4.1m, http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/...iew/?service=0
2. Las Campanas Obs. (Magellan I and II) has two 6.5m mirrors, http://www.ociw.edu/Magellan/
It will also have the Giant Magellan Telescope with seven 8.4m mirrors
3. La Silla has two 3.6m scopes
4. Cerro Tololo has a 4.0m scope and
5. Cerro Pachon (Gemini South) has an 8.1m scope and a 4.1m scope, http://www.gemini.edu/gallery/v/gs/exterior/

The maps below show their locations in northern Chile.
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