CTIO/NOAO

CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY
a division of the
National Optical Astronomy Observatory

LSST Telescope & Facility
(August 2010)

Image Credit: Arcadis/LSST Corporation

LSST receives top ranking in US ASTRO 2010 report, "a Treasure Trove of Discovery"

LSST recibe la más alta ubicación en el ranking del informe US ASTRO 2010, "un Tesoro de Descubrimientos"

AURA & LSST partner with Chilean-based engineering firm ARCADIS for design of facility in La Serena, Chile

AURA y LSST se asocian con la firma chilena de ingeniería ARCADIS para el diseño de las instalaciones en La Serena, Chile

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ASTRO 2010
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New Projects SOAR Instrumentation · SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) Site Testing (~30-m Telescope) · Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) DECam / Dark Energy Survey	Información en Español OPCC (Oficina de Protección de la Calidad del Cielo del Norte de Chile) Visitas a Tololo · Contaminación Lumínica · Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía Programa PIA · EPO NOAO Sur/CTIO · CADIAS · Otros Sitios Astronómicos
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CTIO's facilities are available for use for approved projects by qualified astronomers. CTIO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation as part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, which also operates Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson Arizona. The NSF is also the operating agency for the Gemini Observatory. The European Southern Observatory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington also operate major astronomical observatories nearby.