Tololo observatory

The Tololo Observatory is a compound that houses astronomical telescopes and other intricate instruments. Tololo Observatory is located about five thousand kilometers to the north of Santiago, and stands at an altitude of 2200 meters.

At such a height the sky seems to have descended close to the earth and appears more transparent. The city lights don't impede your view of the sky and offers a perfect site for astronomical observations. World travel 4 Indians is your trustworthy e-guide that furnishes important inputs on Tololo Observatory.

Tololo Observatory has been constructed with the help of American expertise and boasts of a crew of skilled astronomers, engineers, technicians and staff from Chile and US.

The major highlights of the observatory are the massive Victor Banco Telescope and the SOAR telescope that has been set up quite recently. Tololo Observatory arranges seminars and scientific discourses on a regular basis so that even a regular visitor can be benefited from the same.

The white dome structure of the observatory is a great favorite with the tourists.

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory , astronomical observatory located on Cerro Tololo peak, Chile, with offices in La Serena, about 40 mi (64 km) to the west. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), it is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which also operates such other major national observatories as the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

The principal instrument is a 158-in. (4-m) reflecting telescope, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and the twin of the 158-in. (4-m) reflector at Kitt Peak. Other equipment of the observatory includes 60-in. (1.5-m), 36-in. (0.9-m), and twin 16-in. (0.4-m) reflectors and the 24-in. (0.6-m) Curtis-Schmidt camera formerly at the Univ. of Michigan.

Also at Cerro Tololo, a half mile from the summit, is a 24-in. (0.6-m) reflector belonging to the Lowell Observatory.

Additional telescopes are planned for the 1990s, including a 161 in. (4.1-m) telescope from Columbia Univ. and a new 26-ft (8-m) reflector.

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