Astronomy In Chile

For other uses, see Astronomy In Chile (disambiguation).

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View from space of the Atacama desert in the Northern Chile (From APEX web site)

Chile

Northern Chile hosts some of the largest optical facitities for astronomy and is the future place for the largest ground-based optical and submillimeter telescopes upcoming in the next decades.

Chilean Astronomical Institutions

Professional Astronomy

Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia (SOCHIAS)

Northern Chile

- Astronomy Group, Universidad de La Serena

- Universidad de Tarapaca

Central Chile

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Valparaíso

Astronomy Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

Astronomy Department, Universidad de Chile

Southern Chile

Astronomy Deparment, Universidad de Concepcion

International Astronomical Institutions in Chile

- Carnegie Observatories

- European Southern Observatory (ESO)

- National Optical Astronomical Observatories (NOAO, USA)

- National Radioastronomical Observatories (NRAO, USA)

Observatories

Existing Facilities

Picture of La Silla Observatory taken from Las Campanas Observatory

- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory: NOAO telescopes, SMART consortium, GONG, PROMPT, ALPACA.

- Cerro Pachon Observatory: Gemini Observatory, SOAR Telescope.

- Llano de Chajnantor Observatory: Cosmic Background Imager (CBI), Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), Q/U Imaging ExperimenT QUIET,

- Pampa La Bola and Purico Complex: Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE), NANTEN2 Observatory

- Paranal Observatory

- La Silla Observatory: ESO telescopes,

- Las Campanas Observatory: Carnegie telescopes, Magellan Telescopes, Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network

People

Astronomers

- Rodolfo Barba (U. La Serena)

- Luis Barrera, (UMCE)

- Hamuy, Mario (U de Chile)

- Kurtev, Radostin (U. Valparaiso)

- Marcelo Mora, (U. Valparaiso)

- Veronica Motta (U. Valparaiso)

- Rammirez, Amelia (U. La Serena)

- Richtler, Tom (U. de Concepcion)