Thunderbird South: UBC’s Southern Observatory
Thunderbird South is a half-meter telescope located near La Serena, Chile, remotely operated by UBC Astronomy students Sharon Chan and Andrea Schildhorn. The telescope is predominantly used for deep-sky imaging, on-demand observing, and space domain awareness research.
Gallery
Our very own images of galaxies, nebulae, and other deep-sky objects
Projects
Read about our initiatives for exoplanet transit follow-up, space domain awareness, and Earth-space sustainability
Thunder Notes
An inside blog view of telescope operations, ranging from working processes of successful observations to technical mysteries such as “it was working fine yesterday.”