ELT site at Cerro Armazones
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The ELT site at Cerro Armazones is the high-altitude Chilean mountaintop location being developed to host the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope, one of the world’s most powerful ground-based optical/infrared observatories.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory site
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telescope construction site ⓘ |
| altitudeAdvantage |
low atmospheric water vapour
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reduced atmospheric turbulence ⓘ |
| climate | extremely arid ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 2014 ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| distanceToParanal |
about 12 miles
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about 20 kilometres ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
power supply connection to Paranal infrastructure
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road link to Paranal Observatory ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antofagasta Region
NERFINISHED
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Atacama Desert ⓘ Cerro Armazones NERFINISHED ⓘ Chile ⓘ |
| majorWork |
access road construction
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mountaintop levelling ⓘ platform preparation for telescope and dome ⓘ |
| mountainElevation |
approximately 3046 metres
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approximately 9994 feet ⓘ |
| near | Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the world’s most powerful ground-based optical/infrared observatory sites ⓘ |
| observatoryComplex | Paranal–Armazones Observatory complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organization | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ESO Paranal–Armazones Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
ground-based infrared astronomy
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ground-based optical astronomy ⓘ host the Extremely Large Telescope ⓘ |
| regionCharacteristic | one of the driest places on Earth ⓘ |
| scienceGoalsEnabled |
detailed study of stellar populations
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exoplanet characterization ⓘ precision cosmology ⓘ study of first galaxies ⓘ |
| seeingConditions | excellent atmospheric seeing ⓘ |
| selectedFor | Extremely Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| skyQuality |
high fraction of clear nights
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very dark skies ⓘ |
| status | under construction ⓘ |
| telescopeClass | extremely large telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| telescopeHosted | Extremely Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| telescopePrimaryMirrorDiameter | approximately 39 metres ⓘ |
| telescopeType |
infrared telescope
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optical telescope ⓘ |
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