There are Stars in the Southern Sky

I don't think the Eagles had the Southern hemisphere in mind for their song, but we were finally able to verify that the Southern Sky does indeed have many stars. Escaping the cities of BA and Santiago was key to escaping the light and haze pollution. In fact, Northern Chile has such ideal star gazing conditions that it has the largest concentration of observatories in the world.

The Southern Sky really has stars that we never see in the Northern Hemisphere. In addition to seeing an exceptionally bright Milky Way, we saw the two Magellanic Galaxies. We also saw the Southern Cross and the Scorpio constellations. Cool stuff!!