ASTRONOMY IN CHILE AND AROUND THE WORLD
With early notification (the tours have to be booked), we can take you on Saturdays to the professional observatories of:
Cerro Paranal (soon)
New telescopes are under construction on Cerro Pachon: Gemini South and Soar.
Northward (near San Pedro de Atacama), a giant network of radio-telescopes is in project:
In Chile, there are various Universities with Astronomy Departments:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Universidad Católica del Norte in Antofagasta
Some clubs of astronomy:
SAVAL, ACHAYA and Auriga.
To admire beautiful images of our Universe
, go to the image galeries of:The
Marswatch during the last apparition early 1999Antonio Cidadao, excellent astrophotograph from Portugal
Thierry Legault, excellent astrophotograph from France
Sites of interest to find astronomy-related information:
The
Iridium satelites, the brightest in the skyTo check the : satellite images of the
storms approaching Chile, global image of the clouds in the world.Everything about
eclipses by Fred Espenak