Observatories

Observatories in Chile

Astronomical observatories in Chile that feature telescopes used for astronomy research. Observatories may not be open to the public. Please contact them for any public viewing schedules, tours, and outreach programs.

1. Name
2. Location

1. Deep Sky Chile

1. BEST II Telescope
2. Cerro Armazones

1. BMT Telescope
2. Cerro Armazones

1. Cerro Armazones Observatory
2. Cerro Armazones

1. Extremely Large Telescope (2025)
2. Cerro Armazones

1. Hexapod Telescope
2. Cerro Armazones

1. IRIS Telescope
2. Cerro Armazones

1. RoBoTT Telescope
2. Cerro Armazones

1. CCAT Telescope (late 2020s)
2. Cerro Chajnantor

1. Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (2024)
2. Cerro Chajnantor

1. Tokyo Atacama Observatory
2. Cerro Chajnantor

1. All Sky Automated Survey
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. BiSON
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Du Pont Telescope
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Giant Magellan Telescope (2029)
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. HAT-South
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. HATPI
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Las Campanas Observatory
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Magellan Telescopes
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Swope Telescope
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Warsaw Telescope
2. Cerro Las Campanas

1. Gemini South Observatory
2. Cerro Pachon

1. SOAR Telescope
2. Cerro Pachon

1. Vera Rubin Observatory (2022)
2. Cerro Pachon

1. Cherenkov Telescope Array South
2. Cerro Paranal

1. Next-Generation Transit Survey
2. Cerro Paranal

1. Paranal Observatory
2. Cerro Paranal

1. SPECULOOS-South
2. Cerro Paranal

1. UCN 84 Telescope
2. Cerro Paranal

1. Very Large Telescope
2. Cerro Paranal

1. VISTA Survey Telescope
2. Cerro Paranal

1. VLT Survey Telescope
2. Cerro Paranal

1. VT Auxiliary Telescopes
2. Cerro Paranal

1. Altacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT)
2. Cerro Toco

1. CLASS Telescopes
2. Cerro Toco

1. Huan Tran Telescope (HTT)
2. Cerro Toco

1. Simons Observatory (2022)
2. Cerro Toco

1. Blanco 4m Telescope
2. Cerro Tololo

1. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
2. Cerro Tololo

1. CHASE Telescope
2. Cerro Tololo

1. GONG Telescope
2. Cerro Tololo

1. KMTNet-CTIO
2. Cerro Tololo

1. Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
2. Cerro Tololo

1. MEarth-South
2. Cerro Tololo

1. PROMPT Telescope
2. Cerro Tololo

1. SARA South Telescope
2. Cerro Tololo

1. SMARTS Telescopes
2. Cerro Tololo

1. Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper
2. Cerro Tololo

1. BlackGEM Array
2. La Silla

1. Danish 1.54m Telescope
2. La Silla

1. ESO 3.6m Telescope
2. La Silla

1. ExTrA
2. La Silla

1. La Silla Observatory
2. La Silla

1. MASCARA-South
2. La Silla

1. MPG/ESO 2.2m Telescope
2. La Silla

1. New Technology Telescope
2. La Silla

1. Rapid Eye Mount Telescope
2. La Silla

1. Swiss Euler Telescope
2. La Silla

1. TAROT-South
2. La Silla

1. TRAPPIST Telescope
2. La Silla

1. Atacama Large Millimeter Array
2. Llano de Chajnantor

1. Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
2. Llano de Chajnantor

1. Llano de Chajnantor Observatory
2. Llano de Chajnantor

1. Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment
2. Pampa la Bola

1. NANTEN2 Observatory
2. Pampa la Bola