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

• Magellan Telescopes — Two 6.5m telescopes, Magellan 1 named after Walter Baade and Magellan II after Landon Clay
• Du Pont Telescope — 2.5-meter (100-inch), named after Irénée du Pont and in operation since 1977
• Swope Telescope — 1m, named after Henrietta Swope
• Warsaw Telescope — 1.3 m, owned by Warsaw University Observatory
• Giant Magellan Telescope (under construction) — 24.5 m effective (seven 8.4 m segments)
• NANTEN Telescope (closed) — 4m millimeter-wavelength radio telescope, transported to Atacama desert, Chile.

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.

• Telescopio Polaco Las Campanas.jpg
• Magellan telescopes.jpg
• Clay telescope.jpg
• Warszawskie Obserwatorium Południowe.jpg
• Warszawskie Obserwatorium Południowe Teleskop.jpg
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  Du Pont telescope

Las Campanas Observatory Media

• Clay telescope.jpg

  Clay telescope (one of the Magellan telescopes)

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  Las Campanas Observatory.

• Telescopio Polaco Las Campanas.jpg

  Magellan telescopes, Warsaw and Swope telescopes (LTR)

• Teleskopy ASAS OGLE.jpg

  Teleskopy polskiego projektu "All Sky Automated Survey". W tle budynek, w którym znajduje się teleskop projektu OGLE.*"All Sky Automated Survey" telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory. OGLE telescope visible in background.

• BiSON Las Campanas Station.jpg

  Solar telescope operated as part of the BiSON Network. This particular telescope is at Las Campanas Observatory in Atacama Region, Chile. In the distance, early construction work on the Giant Magellan Telescope can be seen.

Other websites

• Las Campanas Observatory Archived 2007-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Carnegie Institution for Science Archived 2010-05-21 at the Wayback Machine