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Cerro El Roble Observatory
Extracted from the Wikipedia article National Astronomical Observatory (Chile).
Cerro El Roble Station
Cerro El Roble Station (Spanish: Estación Astronómica de Cerro El Roble, also known as Cerro El Roble Observatory; observatory code: 805), is a site of Chile's National Astronomical Observatory located on Cerro El Roble, a mountain on the border between Santiago Metropolitan Region and Valparaíso Region. The observatory building sits at an elevation of 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) and is approximately 63 kilometres (39 mi) northwest of Santiago. It was built by the University of Chile in 1967 to house a 70 cm (28 in) Maksutov telescope provided by the Soviet Union, which began operating in 1968.