[1][2] Blanco was the second Director of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, which had the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere at the time.

After being discharged from the military, he was granted college credit for his wartime work, and returned briefly to the University of Chicago where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree.

[1] According to The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Blanco 1 exhibits subsolar ratios that are not observed among nearby field stars.

[10] Together with his wife Betty, Blanco and Martin McCarthy conducted pioneering research into the stellar population in the central regions of our galaxy, and in the Magellanic Clouds.

Located in Cerro Tololo mountain, Chile and founded in 1963, it is part of the National (U.S.) Optical Astronomy Observatory known as "NOAO."

[11] In addition to these university installations, Blanco played a central role in persuading various agencies to participate in the construction of a four-meter telescope.

[4] Telescopio Víctor M. BlancoEn reconocimiento a los años de destacada labor y servicio en Cerro Tololo.In appreciation for many years of outstanding leadership and service at CTIO.

Asteroid 9550 Victorblanco, discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Arizona in 1985, was named in his honor.

[15] This main-belt asteroid measures approximately 12 kilometers in diameter and belongs to the main belt's background population.