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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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