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Visiting Universidad Catolica Observatory

grigoris July 30, 2017 July 30, 2017

Only on the second day of my arrival in Chile (Jan 13, 2017) I found myself traveling from Valparaiso to Santiago to go to the Universidad Catolica Observatory (long title: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), for spectroscopic observations (of bright Be stars). It is located about 50-60km from Santiago at …

Astronomy

Finally … the Magellanic Clouds by eye!

grigoris May 5, 2017 May 5, 2017

During the last weekend I went hiking – albeit with a company of many astronomers! – a bit outside Santiago (we actually camp at Banos Colina in Cajon del Maipo). The mountain views were impressive, but during night I got another stunning view. As we were relaxing in the thermal …

Astronomy