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An observatory in Chile, forming part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories of the
USA. The headquarters are at La Serena, 480 kilometres (300 miles) north of Santiago.
The mountain site, 70 kilometres (45 miles) inland is at an altitude of 2,200 metres
(7,200 feet). The largest instrument, the 4-metre (160-inch) Victor M. Blanco
Telescope, is a twin of that at Kitt Peak in Arizona. Among the six other instruments
located at the observatory are 1.5-metre (60-inch), 1.0-metre (39-inch) and
92-centimetre (36-inch) reflectors. A 1.2-metre (47-inch) radio telescope of the Universidad
do Chile is also at the site.
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