LSST

May 17, 2006

RELEASE LSSTC-04

Site in Northern Chile Selected for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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	Panaramic view of Cerro Pachón, an 8,800-foot (2,682-meter)mountain peak in northern Chile, showing the full ridge. El Peñón Peak (foreground) is the future site for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. SOAR and Gemini South can be seen in the background at the oposite end of the Cerro Pachón ridge just right of the weather tower on El Peñón. (Image credit: V. Krabbendam and C. Claver, NOAO/LSST) Format: JPEG LowRes: 600 x 77, 21.8 kB Medium: 1553 x 200, 73.4kB HiRes: 22800 x 2937, 42.8MB
	QuickTime Movie QTVR file of panarama image above. Shows Cerro Pachón, future LSST site, with full ridge including SOAR, Gemini South, and El Peñón. (Image credit: V. Krabbendam and C. Claver, NOAO/LSST) Format: QuickTime Movie (MOV) HiRes: 9.03 MB
	View of the full ridge of Cerro Pachón including labels for SOAR, Gemini South and the LSST's future site, El Peñón. Cerro Pachón is already home to the Gemini South 8-meter telescope and the SOAR 4.1-meter telescope. (Image credit: C. Claver, NOAO/LSST) Format: JPEG Normal: 500 x 333, 60 kB HiRes: 962 x 640, 160kB
	El Peñón, site for the LSST, at dusk. (Image credit: C. Claver, NOAO/LSST) Format: JPEG LowRes: 250 x 166, 28kB Medium: 900 x 600, 52kB HiRes: 3008 x 2000, 1.6MB

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