Astronomy in Chile and Universidad de Concepción. CATA develops nine different areas: 6 focused in scientific research, 3 focused on technology advances, and 1 on Education & Outreach (to students, teachers and general public). This Center its mainly dedicated to supernovae research, it gathers astronomers from: Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Andrés Bello. Further information on Extremely large telescope. In Chile there are more than 100 astronomers, some are: Astronomy in Chile Chile can be considered astronomy's world capital. In 2011, Chile was home to 42% of the world's astronomical infrastructure consisting mostly of telescopes, and by 2020
Lighthouses in Chile Siemsen was appointed chief of the "Servicio de Faros". He built the "Faro Corona" in Ancud, "Punta Caldera" in Atacama, "Punta Tortugas" in Coquimbo, "Isla Quiriquina" in Quiriquina, "Punta Galera" and "Punta Niebla" in Corral. The first lighthouses in Chile used colza oil as fuel, but in 1878 it was replaced by Bunsen burners. George Slight designed and built in the 1890s more than 70 of today's historic lighthouses of Chile. He was a Scottish engineer who moved to Chile and eventually became the head of the Chilean Maritime Signaling Service. As of 2013, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) lists