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Cerro Armazones is a mountain located in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna of the Chilean Coast Range, approximately 130 kilometers (81 miles) south-east of Antofagasta, Chile. It is located in a privileged zone for optical astronomy because it has 89% cloudless nights a year. Click on thumbnails for a larger version
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Cerro Armazones E-ELT Observatory, Chile
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 from Cerro Paranal (VLT)', 'View of the Cerro Armazones, location of the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), from the Cerro Paranal of the VLT.', 'en', 1);)
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 on an Armazones sub-summit', 'The 1.5 meters (59 inches) Ritchey-Chrétien reflecting telescope is notable for the design of telescope mount. Instead of the typical mounting where the telescope moves on two rotating axes, the mirror end of the telescope is supported by six extensible struts, an arrangement known as a Stewart platform. This configuration allows the telescope to move in all six spatial degrees of freedom and also provides strong structural integrity. The disadvantage of the system is that controlling and aiming a hexapod-mounted telescope is much more complex than with conventional telescope mounts.', 'en', 1);)
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', 'Cerro Paranal with its VLT and VST Survey Telescope are visible in the background.', 'en', 1);)
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', 'Cerro Paranal with its VLT and VST Survey Telescope are visible in the background.', 'en', 1);)
 from Armazones summit', 'The 1.5 meters (59 inches) Ritchey-Chrétien reflecting telescope is notable for the design of telescope mount. Instead of the typical mounting where the telescope moves on two rotating axes, the mirror end of the telescope is supported by six extensible struts, an arrangement known as a Stewart platform. This configuration allows the telescope to move in all six spatial degrees of freedom and also provides strong structural integrity. The disadvantage of the system is that controlling and aiming a hexapod-mounted telescope is much more complex than with conventional telescope mounts.', 'en', 1);)
, and on the right the building site of the E-ELT.', 'en', 1);)
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