A Night of Observing at Cerro Pachón in South America

A Night of Observing at Cerro Pachón in South America

A night of observing at Cerro Pachón in Chile. The Gemini South observatory is seen in the foreground and the Simonyi Survey Telescope of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the background (under construction).

Learn more about Gemini South: 

https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/gemini-observatory/gemini-south/

Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / Kwon O Chul

Duration: 1 minute, 39 seconds

Release Date: Jan. 15, 2021

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