SMARTS 1.5-m telescope

Chile / Coquimbo / Vicuca /
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1.5-m (60-inch) telescope run by SMARTS consortium and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). Primary instruments are low-resolution RC spectrograph and planet-finding Chiron high-resolution spectrograph. Geodetic coordinates S30 10 09.42 W70 48 24.44, geodetic height 2241.9 m above WGS-84 ellipsoid, orthometric elevation 2207.3 m above EGM-96 geoid ("mean sea level"). www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/SMARTS-15-m-Telescope
arxiv.org/abs/1210.1616
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Coordinates:   30°10'9"S   70°48'24"W
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