He Atacama desert It is an access point for astronomy. With its dry air and lack of light pollution, it is a perfect place for some of the world’s largest and most precise telescopes.
Several of these telescopes They are on mountains like Cerro Pachón and Cerro Tololo where the altitude allows darker skies and less interference for astronomical measurements.
What is it?
The telescopes found in these two sites are part of the National Foundations of Sciences of the United States’ Noirlab (National Laboratory of Research of Optical Infrara Astronomy), which is the National Center for Optical and Infrared Astronomy on Earth. Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Aastronomy (Aura) Noirlab Administer world class observatories in both hemispheres.
Noirlab’s mission is enable Innovative science with vanguard telescopes and instruments, in addition to highlighting the human effort and infrastructure that make these discoveries possible.
Where is?
According to Noirlab, This image was taken from Cerro Pachón of the nearby Tololo.
Why is it incredible?
This long exposure image shows the bustle around Cerro Tololo, since the lighthouses of the cars illuminate a winding path through the mountain. In Cerro Tololo, almost 40 telescopes at the Inter -American Observatory of Cerro Tololo (Citio) Scan the heavens.
In the same way, Cerro Pachón, where this host photo of the main instruments such as the Gemini South Telescope and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
The brilliant path between peaks shows the associations between the facilities that work together to advance astronomy looking at the things of objects close to Earth to distant galaxies to Dark matter.
Do you want to learn more?
You can read more about Telescopes in Chile and Noirlab.
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