🔭 Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Chile · Americas · 30.24°S, 70.75°W

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory in Coquimbo Region, Chile. Its main task is to conduct an astronomical survey of the southern sky every few nights, creating a ten-year time-lapse record, termed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. The observatory is located on the El Peñón peak of Cerro Pachón, a 2,682-meter-high (8,799 ft) mountain in northern Chile, alongside the existing Gemini South and Southern Astrophysical Research Telescopes. The base facility is located about 100 kilometres away from the observatory by road, in La Serena.

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Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	30.24°S, 70.75°W · view on map

Vera C. Rubin Observatory is located in Chile, in Americas.

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Cerro Murphy Observatory · Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory · La Silla Observatory · Las Campanas Observatory · Llano de Chajnantor Observatory · National Astronomical Observatory (Chile) · Paranal Observatory · University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory · Very Large Telescope.

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