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ATACAMA FOR SHORTER ITINERARIES
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CUSTOMIZED FOR CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS
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THE TOP 10
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OBJECTS |
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| E-ELT Site Chosen
— World’s Biggest Eye on
the Sky to be Located in Chile, April
2010 |
| The European Southern
Observatory (ESO) Council selected Cerro
Armazones as the baseline site for the
planned 42-metre European Extremely
Large Telescope. |
| Cerro Armazones is a mountain
at an altitude of 3060 metres in the
central part of Chile’s Atacama
Desert, some 130 kilometres south of
the town of Antofagasta and about 20
kilometres from Cerro Paranal, home
of ESO’s Very Large Telescope.
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| QuasarChile/ATATA
attended the 19th Annual Northeast Astronomy
Forum, April 2010 |
| America's largest telescope
event and meeting of amateur astronomers.
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The meeting took place
at Rockland Community College and featured
an A-list of exciting speakers, more
than 100 vendors, and hundreds of telescopes
and
accessories on display. |
| For more information here
Link |
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| ATATA/QuasarChile
attended the 24th Annual Educational
Travel Conference, February 2010 |
| Educational travel facilitates
deeper, more enduring connections between
travelers and the communities they visit
through strong interpretation, experiential
programming, and meaningful engagement. |
| The ETC is a community
of professionals from organizations
worldwide dedicated to advancing lifelong
learning and the understanding of international
relations through travel. |
| For more information here
Link |
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- QC
subscribes "IAU GA 2009 RESOLUTION"
Rio de Janeiro, August 2009.
"The night sky has been and continues
to be an inspiration of humankind, and that
its contemplation represents an essential
element in the development of scientific thought
in all civilisations. Responsible tourism,
in its many forms, should be encouraged to
take on board the night sky as a resource
to protect and value in all destinations" |
| DECLARATION IN DEFENCE OF THE
NIGHT SKY AND THE RIGHT TO STARLIGHT here
Link |
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| Caltech: Consortium
to Build World's Largest Submillimeter
Telescope in Chile, July 2007. |
| Five institutions from
North America and Europe have created
a consortium to oversee the building
of a 25-meter submillimeter telescope
on a high elevation in Chile. |
| When completed in 2013,
the $100 million instrument will be
the premier telescope of its kind in
the world. The project is formally known
as the Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope
(CCAT)... read
more |
| For more information,
go to http://www.submm.org |
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- QC
subscribes "STARLIGHT DECLARATION"
La Palma, April 2007.
"The
sky, our common and universal heritage, is
an integral part of the environment perceived
by humanity. Humankind has always observed
the sky either to interpret it or to understand
the physical laws that govern the universe.
This interest in astronomy has had profound
implications for science, philosophy, religion,
culture and our general conception of the
universe" |
| DECLARATION IN DEFENCE OF THE
NIGHT SKY AND THE RIGHT TO STARLIGHT here
Link |
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- QC acquires the
newest camera for Its passengers.
Quality astrophotography in remote
field locations is now possible on QC tours
in northern Chile. The Canon 400D digital
SLR camera was the obvious camera of choice
due to its ease of operation, portability,
and state of the art sensitivity and resolution.
In addition to its large 10 megapixel CMOS
detector, the 400D has been enhanced for
full bandwidth sensitivity from the visible
into the infrared spectral regions. This
is critically important for astrophotography
applications, especially for the outstanding
star formation regions visible from the
southern hemisphere.
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- QC acquires the
newest telescope for Its passengers.
QC, keeping its promise to provide
services of the highest standard, has received
the new Meade RCX400 telescope which has
been called "the biggest news to hit
the commercial telescope market in years".
QC clients are now regularly
using this fabulous new telescope. Just
imagine being able to discover the jewels
of the southern sky peering through a new
jewel-telescope and under one of the darkest
skies of the planet...
The new RCX400 has an advanced
Ritchey- Chretien design, similar to those
of the modern professional telescopes, which
will amaze the photographic observers because
of the high-quality of the images over the
whole field of view.
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Noteworthy
Recent Science Reports from ESO's VLT:
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| During 2010 the
following ESO press releases have highlighted VLT
forefront research |
- QC
receives enthusiastic recommendation from
Nexos AA Magazine.
Latin American passengers on American Airlines
learned about the exciting tours offered by
QC in the April-May 2005 issue of Nexos. here
Link |
- QC
receives notoriety from a publication of the
International Dark-Sky Association.
December 2007.
In the Issue # 71, the Nightscape Magazine,
features a story on "Dark Sky Destinations:
New Dimensions in Tourism", in which
they provide a partial list of places of bewilderment
to visit, vacation, or even call home. For
Chile they mention Hotel Elqui Domos and Cerro
Mamalluca Observatory, near La Serena (Chiles's
IV Region); while for Atacama (Chile's II
Region) they mention QuasarChile and show
a 1/3 page photograph with the following legend:
"San Pedro de Atacama, the primary base
of QuasarChile operations in the Atacama region
of northern Chile. To learn more about QuasarChile
tours visit their Web site www.quasarchile.cl".
here
Link |
- QC
receives recommendation from a online publication
of the Travel + Leisure Magazine.
September 2008.
The World’s Top 10 Stargazing Spots.
From Costa Rica to Sweden, destinations where
the night sky is a major attraction. here
Link |
- QC
prices are the lowest in the business and
eliminate costly middleman overheads.
Newly reduced QC prices offer savings of up
to 20% over the competition. |
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