Las Campanas Observatory
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
Coordinates	29°00′54″S 70°41′32″W / -29.015, -70.69222
Altitude	2,500 m
Established	1971
Website http://www.lco.cl/
Telescopes Magellan T. (×2) 6.5 m reflectors Irénée du Pont T. 2.5 m reflector Henrietta Swope T. 1 m reflector Warsaw University T. 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.[1]

External links

• Las Campanas Observatory
• Carnegie Institution for Science

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Coordinates: 29°00′54″S 70°41′32″W / -29.015, -70.69222