SOAR Telescope
Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Fuentes
SOAR is equipped with a 4.1-meter mirror and is based in Chile at Cerro Pachón. It stands at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,900 feet) above sea level, which in this winter scene, explains the frosted mountain tops! SOAR is operated by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab.
About the Image
| Id: | sci21075a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | July 23, 2021, 9:02 pm |
| Related announcements: | sci21075 |
| Size: | 5184 x 3456 px |
