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Stargazing nights at Observatorio Foster
Today is World Tourism Day and we are sending you six postcards from the summit of Cerro San Cristóbal
🌍 Today is World Tourism Day and we are sending you six postcards from the summit of Cerro San Cristóbal 📮 ✨ Swipe and tour the Foster, stop by stop 👉 🌕 1 · The Moon over Santiago: the blue supermoon of August 30, 2023, next to the Gran Torre. 🔭 2 · The 93 cm reflector: since 1903 it measured the speeds of the stars in the southern sky, and today it is being restored to show you the sky again. 🌑 3 · The 1893 corona: the Lick Observatory expedition photographed the total eclipse from the Atacama Desert. Ten years later, it installed its southern station here, at the summit. 🏛️ 4 · The dome and the view: National Monument, 850 m above sea level, with Santiago and the Andes in front. ☄️ 5 · Halley's Comet in 1910, photographed from this same summit with the Mills telescope. It returns in 2061: shall we see each other there? 🗺️ 6 · A souvenir of the sky: the altimetric map of the Moon with data from the LRO probe, photos of the Moon, and the panorama of Santiago 1903 and 2022, at the observatory shop 🛍️ 🚡 Go up on foot, by funicular, or by cable car through the Parque Metropolitano. 🗓️ Daytime visits: Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 to 18:00 🌙 Observation nights: dates and reservations at observatoriofoster.c… On the flyer: WORLD TOURISM DAY · SEP 27 Postcards from the Foster Six stops for your next visit to the observatory at the summit of San Cristóbal. Save them. POSTCARDS FROM SANTIAGO'S HILLTOP OBSERVATORY Observatorio Manuel Foster CERRO SAN CRISTÓBAL SINCE 1903