List of international telescopes in Chile (compiled by Mario Hamuy and to be confirmed)
Green: telescopes currently in operation
Red: telescopes that may become operational in the near future
Observatory/Project Full Name Signing Institution Partner Institutions Location Telescope Size Instruments Pointing restrictions Survey Telescope? Science Reduction Pipeline Agreement for operation Contact www CNTAC
                             
                             
ACT Atacama Cosmology Telescope Princeton University Princeton University CONICYT reserve, Cerro Toco 6m 3 Bands: 145, 217, 280 GHz, 800 Detectors Scans only in azimuth, cannot make pointed observations Yes CMB anisotropy, clusters of galaxies, mm-wave sources Under development UCH Lyman Page www.physics.princeton.edu/act/ Yes, since 2009B, letter of interest
TAO Tokyo Atacama Observatory University of Tokyo IoA, U. Tokyo CONICYT reserve, Cerro Chajnantor 1.0m ANIR No No Palpha emission survey   UCH Yoshii, Mamoru Doi www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kibans/anir_en/ Yes, since 2010A
                             
QUIET/CBI Q and U Imaging Experiment CalTech Caltech, JPL, Chicago, Columbia, Princeton, … ALMA Science Reserve, Llano Chajnantor 1.4m element interferometer 40,90 GHz Yes Yes CMB polarization   UCH Simon Radford, Dorothea Samtleben http://quiet.uchicago.edu/ Yes, since April 2009, letter of interest
ASTE Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment NAOJ NAOJ ALMA Science Reserve, Pampa La Bola 10m 345 GHz No No Many   UCH Kotaro Khono, Juan Cortés www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kkohno/ASTE/ Yes
NANTEN2 NANTEN (southern sky) Nagoya University, Japan Nagoya,Osaka,South Corea, Germany, Switzerland, South Wales ALMA Science Reserve, Pampa La Bola 4m 115-880 GHz No ? ISM,Star Formation, SNRs, MCs   UCH Yasuo Fukui, Toshikazu Onishi www.astro.uni-koeln.de/nanten2/ Yes
APEX Atacama PathFinder Experiment ESO? Max Planck, Onsala Space Observatory, ESO ALMA Science Reserve, Llano Chajnantor 12m 211-1500 GHz No No Star Formation, Planet Atmospheres, Molecular Clouds, Starburst galaxies   RREE David Rabanus, Andreas Lundgren www.apex-telescope.org/ CONICYT
ALMA/ESO Atacama Large Millimeter Array ESO ESO ALMA Science Reserve, Llano Chajnantor 66 12m antennas 0.3-9.6 mm No No Many Under development RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.alma.cl CONICYT
ALMA/AUI Atacama Large Millimeter Array AUI AUI ALMA Science Reserve, Llano Chajnantor 66 12m antennas 0.3-9.6 mm No No Many Under development UCH Fred Lo www.alma.nrao.edu Yes, since 2010
ALMA/NAOJ Atacama Large Millimeter Array NAOJ NAOJ ALMA Science Reserve, Llano Chajnantor 66 12m antennas 0.3-9.6 mm No No Many Under development UCH Riusuku Ogasawara www.alma.cl Yes, since 2010
                             
Blanco/CTIO Blanco Telescope/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory AURA Inc. NOAO Cerro Tololo 4m Blanco MOSAIC No No Many   UCH Chris Smith www.noao.ctio.edu Yes
SMARTS Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System AURA Inc. Yale University,NOAO,… Cerro Tololo 1.5m RCSPEC No No Many   UCH Charles Bailyn www.astro.yale.edu/smarts/ Yes
SMARTS Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System AURA Inc. Yale University,NOAO,… Cerro Tololo 1.3m ANDICAM No No Many   UCH Charles Bailyn www.astro.yale.edu/smarts/ Yes
SMARTS Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System AURA Inc. Yale University,NOAO,… Cerro Tololo 1.0m CCD Direct No No Many   UCH Charles Bailyn www.astro.yale.edu/smarts/ Yes
SMARTS Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System AURA Inc. Yale University,NOAO,… Cerro Tololo 0.9m CCD Direct No No Many   UCH Charles Bailyn www.astro.yale.edu/smarts/ Yes
Curtis-Schmidt/CTIO Curtis-Schmidt Camera/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory AURA Inc. University of Michigan, NOAO Cerro Tololo 0.91m/0.61m CCD Direct No No Space Debris   UCH Patrick Seitzer www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/schmidt.php Yes
PROMPT Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes AURA Inc. University of North Carolina Cerro Tololo PROMPT=6 x 0.4m CCD Direct No No GRBs   UCH Daniel Reichart www.physics.unc.edu/~reichart/prompt.html Yes
WHAM Wisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping telescope AURA Inc. University of Wisconsin Madison Cerro Tololo 0.6m CCD Direct No Yes Halpha mapping   UCH Matt Haffner www.astro.wisc.edu/wham/description.html Yes
                             
SOAR Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope AURA Inc. NOAO, Brazil, Univ. North Carolina, Michigan State Univ. Cerro Pachón 4.1m OSIRIS,Goodman,SOI,Spartan No No Many   UCH Steve Heathcote www.soartelescope.org/ Yes
Gemini Gemini Observatory Gemini Consorttium US,UK,Canada,Brazil,Argentina,Australia Cerro Pachón 8.1m GMOS-S,T-ReCs,Phoenix,NICI No No Many Under development UCH Nancy Levenson www.gemini.edu CONICYT
                             
Magellan Magellan Telescopes Carnegie Institution of Washigton OCIW,Harvard,Michigan, Arizona, MIT Las Campanas 2 x 6.5m (Baade & Clay) PANIC;IMACS,MAGe, etc No No Many   UCH Mark Phillips www.ociw.edu/Magellan Yes
du Pont Irenee du Pont Telescope Carnegie Institution of Washigton OCIW Las Campanas 2.5m du Pont WIRC,WFCCD,CCD,Echelle No No Many   UCH Miguel Roth www.lco.cl Yes
Swope Swope Telescope Carnegie Institution of Washigton OCIW Las Campanas 1.0m Swope CCD,Retrocam No No Many   UCH Miguel Roth www.lco.cl Yes
Warsaw Warsaw University Telescope Carnegie Institution of Washigton Warsaw University Las Campanas 1.3m CCD No Yes Microlensing (OGLE)   UCH Adrezjw Udalski http://ogle.astrouw.edu.pl/main/tel.html Yes
ASAS The All Sky Automated Survey Carnegie Institution of Washigton Warsaw University Las Campanas     No Yes Photometric variability Yes UCH Grzegorz Pojmański www.astrouw.edu.pl/asas/  
                             
                             
VLT Very Large Telescopes European Southern Observatory ESO Paranal 4 x 8.2m FORS;ISAAC, etc No No Many   RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.eso.org OPC
VST Very Small Telescope European Southern Observatory ESO Paranal 2.4m   No Yes Many Yes RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.eso.org OPC
VISTA Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy European Southern Observatory ESO Paranal 4m   No Yes Many Yes RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.eso.org OPC
                             
3.6m/ESO European Southern Observatory European Southern Observatory ESO La Silla 3.6m  HARPS No No Many   RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.eso.org OPC
NTT/ESO New Technology Telescope / European Southern Observatory European Southern Observatory ESO La Silla 3.5m EFOSC2,SOFI,SUSI No No Many   RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.eso.org OPC
2.2m/ESO European Southern Observatory European Southern Observatory ESO La Silla 2.2m CCD No No Many   RREE Massimo Tarenghi www.eso.org OPC
Danish Danish Telescope European Southern Observatory University of La Silla 1.54m CCD Some No     RREE Uffe Graae Jorgensen ??? ???
Schmidt Schmidt ESO Telescope European Southern Observatory Yale University,LBL La Silla 1.0m QUEST2 No Yes Supernova Search Yes RREE Charles Baltay   Yes
EULER Euler Telescope European Southern Observatory Geneva University La Silla 1.2m CORALIE No Yes Exoplanets Yes RREE Stephane Udry   Yes
REM Rapid Eye Mount Telescope European Southern Observatory INAF La Silla 0.6m CCD No Yes GRBs   RREE Emilio Molinari www.rem.inaf.it Yes
TAROT Télescopes à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires European Southern Observatory Obs. Haute Provence, Obs. Midi La Silla 0.25m CCD No Yes GRBs   RREE Michel Boer http://tarot.obs-hp.fr Yes