{"id":4559,"date":"2012-07-30T21:21:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T21:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austrinus.com\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2018-07-30T22:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T22:19:53","slug":"tours-astronomicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austrinus.com\/en\/tours-astronomicos\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomical tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4568 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-2-300x164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-2-600x327.png 600w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-2-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-2-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-2.png 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>An astronomical tour can perfectly be considered a tool (at the amateur level) to learn more about astronomy and develop your hobby. In order to better understand what this tool consists of, the concept associated with this activity will be described in detail below, that is, the <strong>astrotourism<\/strong>. It is worth mentioning that the details cited below relate to Chile, as it corresponds to the geographical area where the author resides. However, it is possible that there are astrotourism options in various places around the world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>What is astrotourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It is any activity carried out by people in astronomical sites for recreational, leisure and knowledge purposes, including facilities, instruments, programs and research projects linked to the cosmos and interpretation of the laws that govern it. It is also\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A tourism of special interests.<\/li>\n<li>Tourism of an educational and scientific\/cultural nature.<\/li>\n<li>A tool for the astronomy fan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4569\" src=\"http:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-3-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-3-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-3-600x417.png 600w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-3-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tour-3.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Canada, the United States, Spain, England, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Namibia have recognized professional observatories, but none have the concentration of observatories of Chile. The public associated with astrotourism are astronomy fans, nature and adventure tourists, luxury tourists\/exotic destinations, but also, and increasingly, general tourists.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4564\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4564\" src=\"http:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-17.37.07-252x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-17.37.07-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-17.37.07-600x714.png 600w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-17.37.07-768x914.png 768w, https:\/\/austrinus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-17.37.07.png 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.astroturismochile.cl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\">Chile has extraordinary conditions for astronomy, worldwide. In the next decade, the 70% will concentrate the infrastructure for astronomical observation in the world. As a reference, there are tourist observatories (public and private) between the regions of Antofagasta and Bio B\u00edo, the visit and performance of night observation is complementary to the visit to an astronomical observatory dedicated to research.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The majority of professional observatories operating in Chile have some program of public visits (during the day), while a large number of amateur observatories are dedicated exclusively to receiving night visits. Some of them are listed below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-14\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-14\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Observatory<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Guy<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Organization<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Region (Chile)<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Link<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paranal Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Professional<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">European Southern Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Antofagasta<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">The Observatory Chair<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Professional<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">European Southern Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Antofagasta<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">ALMA Radiotelescope<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Professional<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">THAT\/<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Antofagasta<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.almaobservatory.org\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Professional<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Optical Astronomy Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Antofagasta<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctio.noao.edu\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mamalluca<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Municipal<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalluca.org\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Great Solar Observatory of Chile<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goschile.blogspot.com\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pangue Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/observatoriodelpangue.blogspot.com\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Southern Cross Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observatoriocruzdelsur.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cerro Mayu Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerromayu.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Collowara Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collowara.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Collowara Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Coquimbo<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collowara.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Roan Jas\u00e9 Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Metropolitan<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/observatorioroanjase.com\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Andean Astronomical Observatory<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Amateur<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Private<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Metropolitan<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaa.cl\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-14 from cache -->\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><strong>* Note:<\/strong> The table presented is for reference only and may contain omissions. For a detailed and updated record of all astrotourism options in Chile (including other types of alternatives in addition to tourist observatories, you can visit the website of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/astroturismochile.cl\/astroturismo-en-chile\/\">Astrotourism Chile<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An astronomical tour can perfectly be considered a tool (at the amateur level) to learn more about astronomy and develop your hobby. In order to better understand what this tool consists of, the concept associated with this activity, that is, astrotourism, will be described in detail below. 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