🏛️ Culture · Museum
Visits to the Manuel Foster Observatory
Restoration begins for the historic observatory on Cerro San Cristóbal
- When
- Summer: 12:00 to 18:00 / Winter: 11:00 to 17:00
- Where
- Observatorio Manuel Foster, Providencia
- Price
- Free entry
- Organizer
- Cultura_RM
🔭✨ Restoration begins for historic observatory on Cerro San Cristóbal 🌌 Did you know that one of the most important places in the history of astronomy in Chile is right on Cerro San Cristóbal? 👀🔭 Yes, in 1903 the Manuel Foster Observatory of the Universidad Católica was installed on Cerro San Cristóbal, and this Wednesday we participated alongside our regional ministerial secretary Francisco Sólanich in the handover ceremony of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), which the United States government will grant for the restoration and conservation of the National Monument “Observatorio Manuel Foster”. the event featured the special participation of the United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Sarah Rogers, who is visiting Chile, and the ambassador to our country, Brandon Judd. @embajadaeeuucl In 1903, astronomer William Wallace Campbell and the Lick Observatory of California chose Santiago to install a twin telescope intended to study the radial velocities of southern stars. It was a time when most large-scale instruments were in the northern hemisphere, making it a pioneer on the conti… On the flyer: Observatorio Manuel Foster GOBIERNO DE CHILE Working for You