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Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory is a multinational project to build a new generation of ground-based gamma-ray instruments in the energy range extending from some tens of GeV to about 300 TeV.
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  • Type: Construction
  • Description: Multinational cosmological project
  • Also known as: “Cherenkov Telescope Array - Southern Hemisphere Site”, “CTA Southern Hemisphere”, “CTA-Sur”, “CTAO”, and “CTAO Observatory”

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Latitude
-24.68681° or 24° 41′ 13″ south
Longitude
-70.31599° or 70° 18′ 58″ west
Operator
CTA
Open location code
577F8M7M+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 939135727
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­construction
Wiki­data ID
Q1070229
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Chinese: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Chinese: “CTA”
  • Chinese: “切倫科夫望遠鏡陣列”
  • Chinese: “契忍可夫望遠鏡陣列”
  • Czech: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Czech: “CTA”
  • Czech: “Pole Čerenkovových teleskopů”
  • Dutch: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉerenkov-Teleskoparo”
  • French: “Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory”
  • French: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • French: “CTAO”
  • Galician: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • German: “Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory”
  • German: “CTAO”
  • Hebrew: “מערך הטלסקופ של צ’רנקוב”
  • Italian: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Japanese: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Japanese: “チェレンコフ望遠鏡アレイ”
  • Macedonian: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Macedonian: “CTA”
  • Macedonian: “Строј на Черенкови телескопи”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “CTA”
  • Polish: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Portuguese: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Russian: “Массив черенковских телескопов”
  • Spanish: “Cherenkov Telescope Array”
  • Ukrainian: “Масив черенковських телескопів”
  • “Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory”
  • “CTAO”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory”. Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.