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The AURA Observatory in Chile—part of the IAU/UNESCO Extended Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Malcolm G. Smith
Affiliation:
NOAO/CTIO, Avenida Juan Cisternas 1600, La Serena, Chile email: msmith@ctio.noao.edu
R. Chris Smith
Affiliation:
AURA Observatory in Chile, Avenida Juan Cisternas 1600, La Serena, Chile email: csmith@aura-o.aura-astronomy.org
Pedro Sanhueza
Affiliation:
OPCC, Avenida Juan Cisternas 1606, La Serena, Chile email: psanhueza2007@gmail.com
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Brief report. The Extended Case Study for AURA-O as a “Window to the Universe” (http://www2.astronomicalheritage.net/index.php/show-entity?identity=000059&idsub-entity=005) was prepared in the context of supporting the desire to preserve humanity's scientific/cultural heritage of outstanding, high-mountain, ground-based, observatory sites developed over the period 1870–2000.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016