Astronomy app improves Chile’s image

The Chile Mobile Observatory app, which offers users worldwide access to images of the sky taken by state-of-the-art telescopes, proved to be a hit with the public, although no one expected it to.

So far, it has been downloaded 25,000 by people in Chile, Mexico, Peru and the US.

‘Today, Chile accounts for 70 percent of astronomical observation in the world and for us this improves the country’s image. From Chile we are capturing the best images of the universe, from Chile we are answering the fundamental questions of humanity: where do we come from and what is our destination within this giant universe?’ proudly stated Sebastian Villela, web manager at Fundacion Imagen de Chile.

Due to its success, the mobile and tablet app will soon be updated with more pictures. Other features the app offers users is information about eclipses, meteor showers, comets and other phenomena.