I'm wanting to go to Chile next year for a total eclipse and then to the high country for some amateur astronomy. So this is a fun article on wandering around some of the world's best telescopes.
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That first night in the Atacama, arguably the best place in the world to see the night sky, the Milky Way proved true to its name: a milky-like smear stretching from horizon to horizon. The Southern Cross shone bright as candlelight. Both the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies glowed like stickers on a child's bedroom ceiling, and Jupiter's bands were easily visible with an amateur telescope, as were four of its moons.
A monthlong visit to observatories in Chile, Hawaii and Los Angeles revealed spellbinding visions of the heavens.
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