Cerro Armazones

Cerro Armazones
Night-time panorama of Cerro Armazones
Elevation	3,064 m (10,052 ft)
Location
Cerro Armazones Antofagasta Region, Chile
Range	Cordillera Vicuña Mackenna
Coordinates	24°35′51″S 70°11′47″W / 24.5975°S 70.19639°W / -24.5975; -70.19639Coordinates: 24°35′51″S 70°11′47″W / 24.5975°S 70.19639°W / -24.5975; -70.19639

Cerro Armazones is a mountain located in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna of the Chilean Coast Range, approximately 130 km south-east of Antofagasta in the Antofagasta Region, Chile. It has a height of 3,064 m and is located in a privileged zone for optical astronomy since it receives almost 350 cloudless nights a year. It currently hosts the 1.5 m Hexapod-Telescope of the Observatorio Cerro Armazones.

On 26 April 2010, the European Southern Observatory Council selected Cerro Armazones as the site for the planned European Extremely Large Telescope.^[1]

Gallery

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  VLT's Auxiliary Telescope (AT) 2 and Cerro Armazones on the background. Credit: ESO/G. Lombardi

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  Sunset Cerro Armazones.

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  360 panorama.

References

1. ^ "E-ELT Site Chosen". Europe: European Southern Observatory. 26 April 2010. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1018/. Retrieved 26 April 2010. 

External Links

• Bird's view on Cerro Paranal and Cerro Armazones