Las Campanas Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, operated by the Carnegie Institution for Science. It sits on a mountain ridge at about 2,500 metres, in a region known for dark and clear skies. The observatory, which started work in 1971, took the place of Carnegie's older Mount Wilson site, where light pollution had grown. It is home to the twin 6.5-metre Magellan telescopes, the du Pont telescope and others, and it will host the Giant Magellan Telescope, under construction. Astronomers there have found distant galaxies, exoplanets and supernovae, and its observations helped confirm the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Before and after
- 9 November 1970Death of Charles de Gaulle
- 12 November 1970The Bhola cyclone devastates East Pakistan
- 21 November 1970Death of Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
- 12 December 1970Birth of Jennifer Connelly
- 1971Founding of Las Campanas Observatory
- January 1971Founding of World Economic Forum
- from 1971 to 1986Salyut programme
- 1971Establishment of Kevladev National Park
- from 1971 to 2001Rise of Japanese Red Army
More in Universe & space
- 4 October 1957Launch of Sputnik 1
- 14 September 1974Discovery of Leda
- 28 July 1989Discovery of Galatea
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Hydra
- 10 September 2005Discovery of Dysnomia
- 19 January 2006Launch of New Horizons
The era
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