Although small by modern standards, the Southern Observatory nevertheless became famous for its role in the discovery of SN 1987A when UofT astronomer Ian Shelton spotted the supernova while attempting to fix another disused telescope at the site.
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HSHT was then donated to the CASLEO, the National Observatory of Argentina, and moved, along with the entire dome and building, to their Félix Aguilar Observatory in El Leoncito National Park, where it began operations in 2001.
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The University of Toronto Southern Observatory (UTSO) was an astronomical observatory built by the University of Toronto at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
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The Southern Observatory came about as a side-effect of problems being caused by the urban sprawl in the Toronto area.
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