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 Chantal Hemmann. The telescope is predominantly used for deep-sky imaging, on-demand observing, and space domain awareness research.


Gallery

Galaxies, Nebulae, and other deep-sky objects

Projects

Exoplanet transit follow-up, Space Domain Awareness, Earth-space sustainability