🔭 Chanquillo

Peru · Americas · 9.56°S, 78.24°W

Quick facts

Country	Peru
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	9.56°S, 78.24°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	1,064 km south of it
Solar time	UTC-5:15 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 10:42, sets 23:11 — 12 h 29 min of daylight

Chanquillo is located in Peru, in Americas.

Closest observatories

Quito Astronomical Observatory — 1,039 km away, in Ecuador
University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory — 1,865 km away, in Chile
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory — 1,867 km away, in Chile
Paranal Observatory — 1,870 km away, in Chile
Very Large Telescope — 1,870 km away, in Chile

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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