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Michael A. Stecker
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Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory
I took this photo from the hill of the future Magellan Telescopes when my friend James Foster and I visited Las Campanas for 10 days and nights in February, 1996. The observatory is at an altitiude of 2280 meters (7480 feet). At the far right is the DuPont 100-inch telescope, while at the far left
is the Swope 40-inch reflecter. Near the center of the photo is a
small white building which housed the Bruce 13-inch refractor. This
was the telescope that photographically discoverwed Supernova 1987A in
the Large Magellanic Cloud. The supernova was seen visually slightly
before its photographic discovery by LCO technician Oscar Duhalde on
his walk home from a
night's work.
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