Cerro Armazones

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Cerro Armazones is a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that is internationally known as the site of the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope.

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Cerro Armazones canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
altitudeAdvantage improved seeing conditions
reduced atmospheric absorption
climate hyper-arid desert climate
constructionActivity mountaintop reshaped for ELT platform
continent South America
country Chile
distanceTo about 130 kilometres south of Antofagasta
about 20 kilometres from Cerro Paranal
elevation approximately 3046 metres
approximately 9994 feet
hasAccessRoad road connection to Paranal Observatory
hasProperty high fraction of clear nights
low humidity
very dark skies
knownFor excellent astronomical observing conditions
site of the European Southern Observatory Extremely Large Telescope
locatedIn Antofagasta Region
Atacama Desert
locatedNear Paranal Observatory
surface form: Cerro Paranal

Paranal Observatory
managedBy European Southern Observatory
surface form: European Southern Observatory (for ELT site)
observatoryType ground-based optical and infrared astronomy
partOf central Atacama Desert plateau region
region northern Chile
selectedAs site of the ESO Extremely Large Telescope
selectionDate 2010
skyCoverage southern celestial hemisphere
skyQuality low atmospheric turbulence
low light pollution
telescopeAperture 39-metre class optical and infrared telescope
telescopeHost ESO ELT
European Extremely Large Telescope
surface form: Extremely Large Telescope
usedFor astronomical observations
cosmology research (via ELT)
exoplanet studies (via ELT)
galaxy formation studies (via ELT)

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Paranal Observatory near Cerro Armazones
ELT location Cerro Armazones