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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

American  
[ser-oh tuh-loh-loh in-tur-uh-mer-i-kuhn uhb-zur-vuh-tawr-ee, ser-raw taw-law-law] / ˈsɛr oʊ təˈloʊ loʊ ˌɪn tɜr əˈmɛr ɪ kən əbˈzɜr vəˌtɔr i, ˈsɛr rɔ tɔˈlɔ lɔ /

noun

  1. an astronomical observatory in the Chilean Andes having a 156-inch (4-meter) reflecting telescope.


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This brings us to the recent telescopic observations at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2022

They first sighted it while working at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile over a decade ago when it was three billion miles from the Sun.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022

It is mounted on the four-meter Victor M. Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in the Chilean Andes, just a short hike away from LSST’s construction site.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 22, 2018

Once she got to do some actual observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, and later at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, Ghez had found her calling.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

Scott Shepherd of the Carnegie Institution for Science and Chadwick Trujillo of Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, jointly discovered the planetoid with the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile in 2012.

From Forbes ● Mar. 27, 2014

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