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=== Ángel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center ===
[[Image:Arecibo_Observatory,_sign_at_entrance_gate.jpg|thumb|right|Logo of the observatory at the entrance gate]]

Opened in 1997, the Ángel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center features interactive exhibits and displays about the operations of the radio telescope, [[astronomy]] and [[atmospheric sciences]].<ref>[http://www.naic.edu/general/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192&Itemid=638 Visitor Center information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104160330/http://www.naic.edu/general/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192&Itemid=638 |date=November 4, 2013 }}</ref> The center is named after the financial foundation that honors [[Ángel Ramos (industrialist)|Ángel Ramos]], owner of the ''[[El Mundo (Puerto Rico)|El Mundo]]'' newspaper and founder of [[Telemundo]]. The Foundation provided half of the funds to build the Visitor Center, with the remainder received from private donations and [[Cornell University]].

The center, in collaboration with the Caribbean Astronomical Society,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sociedadastronomia.com/ |title=Sociedad de Astronomia del Caribe |website=www.sociedadastronomia.com |access-date=May 5, 2014 |archive-date=May 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505181129/http://www.sociedadastronomia.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> hosts a series of Astronomical Nights throughout the year, which feature diverse discussions regarding [[exoplanet]]s, astronomical phenomena, and discoveries (such as [[Comet ISON]]). The purposes of the center are to increase public interest in astronomy, the observatory's research successes, and space endeavors.