For Information on the TIE Program

Contact: Mary Cragg

 Telescopes In Education
P.O. Box 60163
Pasadena, California    91116-6163

 Telephone: (626) 794 - 1360    Fax: (626) 398 - 1208

E-mail: mcragg@earthlink.net

 

Telescopes In Education
P.O. Box 60163
Pasadena, California    91116-6163

Questions about software or hardware,
write to Roger Wilcox

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PLEASE    NOTE:    ALL times    _m_u_s_t_     be made for that observatory wanting time on the telescope/system.

Las Campanas Observatory in Chile     Longitude 70 deg W     Latitude 29 deg S
Chilean Time Rules
Daylight Savings Time - ENDS - the 2nd Saturday in March
April, May, June, July, August, September are the Winter months     -4 hours from G.M.T.(UTC) (Greenwich Time)
Longer Nights

Daylight Savings Time - BEGINS - the 2nd Saturday in October
October, November, December, January, February, March are the Summer months     -3 hours from G.M.T. (UTC) (Greenwich Time)
Shorter Nights

I would like express my THANKS, to Thomas James of Chaffey High School for the help with converting Standard Time / Daylight Times / UTC at Las Campanas Observatory.