Where is the SOAR Telescope?

SOAR is located at 9000 feet altitude on Cerro Pachón, 300 miles north of Chile's capital Santiago.	SOAR's location offers exceptionally clear, dark skies and is one of the world's best astronomical sites.	The southern hemisphere's skies have remarkable celestial objects that are unseen or poorly seen in the north.

Movie: The skies of the Southern Hemisphere (5.32 MB)

Some observatories near SOAR:

• On the same property as the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory

• A few hundred meters east of the Gemini South 8m telescope