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Two 8-metre telescopes for optical and infrared astronomy, resulting from an international
collaboration between the USA, the UK, Canada, Chile, Brazil and Argentina. One is sited
in the northern hemisphere, at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, the other in the
southern hemisphere on Cerro Pachón in Chile, near the Cerro Tololo Inter-American
Observatory. The siting of the two telescopes ensures complete sky coverage between them.
The Hawaii telescope is being completed during 1998, and its more southerly twin in 2000.
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