Las Campanas Observatory

Las Campanas Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the southern Atacama desert in Chile. It is owned and operated by the Carnegie Institution for Science. It was built in 1969 as the main observing site for the Carnegie Institution for Science. The headquarters are located in La Serena, Chile and the observatory is about 100 km (62 mi) northeast of the city. The observatory is at 2,400 m (7,874 ft) above sea level.

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On February 24, 1987, Ian Shelton and Oscar Duhalde first saw the Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A).

Telescopes

There are also the small "Pi of the sky" wide-angle cameras that filmed the gamma ray burst GRB 080319B in 2008. This was the largest explosion ever seen in the Universe, and could have been seen without a telescope.[2]

Las Campanas Observatory Media

Other websites

References

  1. "The Carnegie Observatories - du Pont Telescope". Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  2. Schilling, Govert (21 March 2008). "Universe's most powerful blast visible to the naked eye - space - 21 March 2008 - New Scientist". newscientist.com. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

Coordinates: 29°00′54″S 70°41′32″W / 29.01500°S 70.69222°W / -29.01500; -70.69222