Supernova

The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is a cutting-edge free astronomy centre for the public located at the site of ESO Headquarters in Garching bei München, providing you with an immersive experience that will leave you in awe of the Universe we live in. The Centre provides school classes and families with an unforgettable learning experience, where even the most abstract and distant topics in astronomy and physics are explained and visualised in an innovative way.

As well as presenting a huge exhibition, the ESO Supernova offers a large range of activities, including planetarium shows, interactive tours, and engaging workshops for school groups.
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Night Sky

“Look at the night sky from anywhere in the world.”

You want to marvel at the night sky, but you live in the city and unfortunately only get a dim view of the starry sky? The Night Skye app remedies this and shows you star constellations and heavenly bodies using "Augmented Reality" live on your smartphone or tablet. Netzwelt introduces you to the application and offers it for you to download free of charge. After you have installed the app on your smartphone and granted access to your location, you aim in a certain direction with your smartphone or tablet. Stars and planets that you have aimed your device at will then appear on your screen. So you can stand in your own four walls, turn in a circle and see the virtual star constellation of the Milky Way.

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Lectures

ESO Astronomer Selected for Astronaut Training Programme

ESO astronomer Suzanna Randall is one step closer to her dream of becoming the first German woman to travel into space. She has been selected as a new trainee of the initiative Astronautin, which aims to train the first female German astronaut and send her on a research mission to the International Space Station. The announcement was made today at a press conference at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany. The Astronautin initiative was set up in 2016 to inspire young women to take up professions in space, science, mathematics and technology, and to send the first female German astronaut into space. It will also use the microgravity environment of the  to study how the female body reacts to weightlessness.Thanks to her scientific background and sporting talents, Suzanna Randall has been selected as one of two Astronaut Trainees. Born in Cologne, the 38-year-old studied astronomy in the UK before graduating from the  in Canada with a PhD in astrophysics. Randall currently works as an astronomer at ESO.

Planetarium and Visitor Centre Donated to ESO

ESO has received a donation of a planetarium and visitor centre at the site of its Headquarters in Garching bei München, Germany. The centre will be a magnificent showcase of astronomy for the public. It will be possible thanks to the Klaus Tschira Stiftung, which offered to fully fund the construction.ESO has accepted a donation offered by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung to fund the construction of a new planetarium and visitor centre at the premises of the ESO Headquarters at Garching bei München, Germany. The new centre will be supported by operational funding from ESO and is designed to inspire people to look up at the stars, and teach people about the importance of astronomy and its effects on our day-to-day lives.

A New Supernova Over Munich

On 26 April 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre was officially inaugurated, and its doors will be open to the public from tomorrow 28 April 2018. The centre, located at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany provides visitors with an immersive experience of astronomy in general, along with ESO-specific scientific results, projects, and technological breakthroughs. All activities in the ESO Supernova will be free of charge during 2018, and shows and other events can be booked online.

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