Thunderbird South: UBC’s Southern Observatory
Thunderbird South is a half-meter telescope located near La Serena, Chile, remotely operated by UBC Astronomy students Alex Kauffman and Ayan Araleh. The telescope is predominantly used for deep-sky imaging, on-demand observing, and space domain awareness research.
Projects
Read about our initiatives for exoplanet transit follow-up, space domain awareness, and Earth-space sustainability
Publications
Take a look at the findings of our many telescope operators, published as contributions to scientific research!
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.”