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Visiting Astronomers Guide
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Spartan Observing Guide
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SAM Sees First Light: August 6th, at about 9 pm, the SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) saw first light: through heavy clouds, with terrible seeing to be sure, but it did its job and ...
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Cerro Pachón Map
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The Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope is a 4.1 meter aperture telescope designed to produce the best quality images of any observatory in its class in the world. It was funded by a a partnership between the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the country of Brazil, Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). SOAR is situated on Cerro Pachón at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,775 feet) above sea level, at the western edge of the peaks of the Chilean Andes.