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This is the WWW Server for Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory

Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory is a complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments located approximately 80 km to the East of La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 Meters.

CTIO's facilities are available for use for approved projects by all qualified astronomers in the western hemisphere. CTIO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundatation as part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, which also operates Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson Arizona and is the operating agency for the US portion of the International Gemini Project. The European Southern Observatory and the Carnegie Institute of Washington also operate major astronomical observatories nearby.


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