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ESO 280-SC06 is a tidally disrupted globular cluster that has lost almost all its mass, observations reveal
Using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemical study of a globular ...
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Geminid meteor shower could be the year's best, scientists say
The radiant Geminid meteor shower over the Carnegie Las Campanas observatory, south of Atacama desert, Chile. Dec. 14, 2013, taken using a long exposure.
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A Giant Telescope Grows in Chile - The New York Times
Las Campanas Observatory, whose telescopes and offices are strung along a steep ridge on Cerro Las Campanas at an altitude of 8,500 feet, was one of the early adopters to the Atacama sky.
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World’s largest telescope to reveal dawn of universe - CNN
Astronomers are enlisting a massive new telescope on a mountainside at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory in their quest for answers. The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), will ...
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Courting the sirens of the Southern Sky - The Seattle Times
Las Campanas Observatory, whose telescopes and offices are strung along a steep ridge on Cerro Las Campanas at an altitude of 8,500 feet, was one of the early adopters to the Atacama sky.
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New $2 Billion Telescope Will Be Fitted With A ‘Large Earth Finder’ - Forbes
More at Las Campanas Observatory, northeast of La Serena in Chile. Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation Coping with Earth’s atmosphere.
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Are some of the oldest stars in the universe right under our noses?
The students, some of them undergraduates, combed through star data from the Magellan-Clay telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, looking for stars that were low in strontium and barium.
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From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes
Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges. ... as I was reminded on a recent visit to the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.