On this day 60 years ago astronomers selected #CerroTololo, a mountain in Chile, as the best spot to build a new #observatory in the southern hemisphere. Let’s take a look back at how far Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (#CTIO) has come since then and at some of the most profound discoveries it has made: https://noirlab.edu/public/blog/anniversary-ctio/
#CTIO #observatory #CerroTololo