Cerro Armazones
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The peak of Cerro Armazones appears flattened as efforts continue to craft a platform for the European Extremely Large Telescope.
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 Cerro Armazones
Location in Chile
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| Location | Antofagasta Region, Chile |
| Parent range | Cordillera Vicuña Mackenna |
Cerro Armazones is a mountain located in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna of the Chilean Coast Range, approximately 130 km (81 mi) south-east of Antofagasta in the Antofagasta Region, Chile. Before the construction of the European Extremely Large Telescope started the summit was a horizontal control point with an elevation of 3,064 metres (10,052 ft).[1] It is located in a privileged zone for optical astronomy because it has 89% cloudless nights a year.[2] It currently hosts the 1.5 m (5 ft) Hexapod-Telescope and other telescopes at the Cerro Armazones Observatory.
On 26 April 2010, the European Southern Observatory Council selected Cerro Armazones as the site for the planned European Extremely Large Telescope.[3]
Gallery
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Night-time panorama of Cerro Armazones
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Carving a Route to Armazones.jpg
Carving a route to Armazones
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Ripples Across the Chilean Sky.jpg
Result of the apparent motion of the stars through the southern sky.[4]
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Sunset Cerro Armazones.jpg
Sunset Cerro Armazones.
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From One "Alien World" to Another.jpg
360 panorama.
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Blowing the lid off Cerro Armazones.ogg
After the groundbreaking back in June 2014, work continues on Cerro Armazones in preparation for construction work on the E-ELT.
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