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Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

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Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), consortium of U.S. universities that directs the operations of federally funded astronomical research centres. AURA was incorporated in 1957 with seven member institutions; more than 60 years later, 47 U.S. universities and three foreign universities were member institutions of AURA. Under contract with the U.S. National Science Foundation, AURA currently manages Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, near La Serena, Chile. It also manages the two telescopes of the Gemini Observatory—one of which is on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the other on Cerro Pachon in ...(100 of 145 words)

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