CTIO La Serena Facilities

La Serena is a fairly large town about 490km North of Santiago, Chile. It is at the mouth of the Elqui river, due west from the Cerro Tololo Observatory.

The CTIO facilities in La Serena support the Observatory and consist of instrument shops, engineering, operation and administration buildings along with visitor and staff lodging.


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