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Pierre Auger Observatory

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Telescope styleFluorescence
Locations Malargüe
Named after Pierre Victor Auger
Altitude1330 m–1620 m, average ~1400 m
OrganizationsMulti-national
Built2004–2008 (and taking data during construction)
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Date of Upd.
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About Pierre Auger Observatory


The Pierre Auger Observatory is an international cosmic ray observatory in Argentina designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: sub-atomic particles traveling nearly at the speed of light and each with energies beyond 10¹⁸ eV.

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