🔭 Cerro Murphy Observatory

Chile · Americas · 24.60°S, 70.20°W

Cerro Murphy Observatory is an international astrophysical project hosted by the ESO Paranal Observatory and operated by the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The observatory is located on Cerro Murphy, which is a hill located 1 kilometre to the southwest and 230 metres (750 ft) below the summit of Cerro Armazones, a mountain in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, 120 km (75 mi) south of Antofagasta. OCM is located at 2,817 m (9,242 ft) altitude and currently houses 5 telescopes, whose diameters range between 0.3 and 1.5 m.

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Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	24.60°S, 70.20°W · view on map

Cerro Murphy Observatory is located in Chile, in Americas.

More observatories in Chile

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 · Vera C. Rubin Observatory · Very Large Telescope.

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