Cerro Tololo observatory. Telescope domes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) near La Serena,Chile. The domes are (from left to right): the Yale 1 metre telescope; Curtis- Schmidt telescope; 4 metre Victor Blanco telescope; 1.5 metre Ritchey-Chretien telescope; and 0.9 metre telescope. The high altitude of Cerro Tololo (2200 metres),& the clear air above it,are ideal for the observatory because atmospheric distortions to incoming light are reduced. In 1997 Cerro Tololo is operated by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) | |
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