Instrument Host Overview
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The 1m telescope has been in use at La Silla since the mid 1960's.
 
  Location
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    The observatory location data given here are geodetic latitude and
    east longitude, based on values from the Astronomical Almanac,
    1989. The geocentric site radius was determined using the MERIT
    1983 earth figure, equatorial radius = 6378.137 km and flattening
    of the reference
    spheroid = 1/298.257.
 
    Latitude:                      -29.257  Degrees
    Longitude:                     -70.738  Degrees
    Earth radius at observatory:    6375.4  Kilometers