Las Campanas Observatory

Infobox Observatory
name = Las Campanas Observatory


caption = From background left to foreground right, the du Pont, Swope, and twin Magellan telescopes.
organization = Carnegie Institution for Science
location = Cerro Las Campanas, Atacama, Chile
coords = coord|29|00|54|S|70|41|32|W|region:CL-AT_type:landmark
altitude = 2,500 m
weather =
website = http://www.lco.cl/
established = 1971
closed =
telescope1_name = Magellan T. (×2)
telescope1_type = 6.5 m reflectors
telescope2_name = Irénée du Pont T.
telescope2_type = 2.5 m reflector
telescope3_name = Henrietta Swope T.
telescope3_type = 1 m reflector
telescope4_name = Warsaw University T.
telescope4_type = 1.3 m reflector

Las Campanas Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Carnegie Institution for Science. It is located near La Serena, Chile.

Telescopes

* Magellan Telescopes — Twin 6.5 m, christened Walter Baade and Landon Clay
* Du Pont Telescope — 2.5 m, named after Irénée du Pont
* Swope Telescope — 1 m, named after Henrietta Swope
* Warsaw Telescope — 1.3 m, owned by Warsaw University Observatory
* Giant Magellan Telescope (planned) — 24.5 m effective (seven 8.4 m segments)
* NANTEN Telescope (closed) — 4m millimeter-wavelength radio telescope, transported to Atacama dessert, Chile.

Also located here are the small "Pi of the sky" wide-angle cameras that filmed the appearance of GRB 080319B. [http://grb.fuw.edu.pl/pi/ot/grb080319b/normal.html]

External links

* [http://www.lco.cl/lco/index.html Las Campanas Observatory]
* [http://www.ciw.edu/ Carnegie Institution for Science]