Special Events
For more information about special events and exhibitions please contact the ESO Department of Communication.
Ongoing
2023
- 5 - 9 July 2023: Universe on Tour. Munich, Germany.
2022
- 1 September - 8 December 2022: ESO at 60: Feet on the ground, eyes on the skies. various locations.
2020
- 6 October 2020: Global Engineering Careers in Science & Space, online event..
2019
- 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V. Zurich, Switzerland.
2018
- 13 October 2018: Open House Day 2018. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 5 - 7 September 2018: Cumbre chilena de difusión de la Astronomía. Concepcion, Chile.
- 30 June 2018: Asteroid Day. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 7 June 2018: SOCHIAS Inclusive talk. Santiago, Chile.
- 27 May 2018: Heritage Day in Chile. Santiago, Chile.
- 17 May 2018: Inauguration of the ESA Our Place in Space temporary exhibition inside the ESO Supernova. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 28 April 2018: ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre opening. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 26 April 2018: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 13 - 15 April 2018: Puerto de Ideas - Antofagasta 2018. Antofagasta, Chile.
- 16 March 2018: ESO - ALMA Open House Day 2018. Santiago, Chile.
- 16 March 2018: Astroday La Serena 2018. La Serena, Chile.
2017
- 26 December 2017 - 1 January 2018: Fifth ESO Astronomy Winter Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
- 5 - 8 December 2017: Festival Internacional de Innovación Social (FiiS) - Edición Santiago. Santiago, Chile.
- 27 November 2017: Münchner Wissenschaftstage. Munich, Germany.
- 26 October 2017: Exposicion Awesome Universe en el Liceo Benjamin Munoz Gamero de Puerto Octay. Puerto Octay, Chile.
- 21 October 2017: Open House Day at ESO. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 19 - 21 October 2017: XX Congreso Internacional de Astronomia Amateur (CIAA). Calle Larga, Chile.
- 12 - 14 October 2017: Festival Internacional de Innovacion Social (FiiS) - Edicion Antofagasta. Antofagasta, Chile.
- 7 - 8 October 2017: XI Fiesta de la Ciencia y Tecnologia. Santiago, Chile.
- 29 - 30 September 2017: Ciencia Fest 2017. Santiago, Chile.
- 6 - 20 August 2017: Summer AstroCamp, the Centre for Environmental Education and Interpretation of the Corno de Bico Protected Landscape. Portugal.
- 20 July 2017: V Escuela Astronomica de Invierno / Charlas Publicas 2017. Antofagasta, Chile.
- 26 May 2017: Extremely Large Telescope First Stone Ceremony. Cerro Armazones, Chile.
- 27 April 2017: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 26 April 2017: Ingeniosas 2017. Temuco, Chile.
- 24 - 29 January 2017: Expo Región de Coquimbo 2017. Coquimbo, Chile.
- 23 - 26 January 2017: XIV Annual Meeting of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS). Maitencillo, Chile.
- 18 January 2017: ELT Mirrors and Sensors contracts ceremony. Garching bei München, Germany.
2016
- 26 December 2016 - 1 January 2017: Fourth ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
- 22 October 2016: Open House Day at ESO. Garching by München, Germany.
- 23 - 27 July 2016: EIROforum sessions at ESOF (European Science Open Forum) Conference. Manchester, United Kingdom.
- 18 - 22 July 2016: Escuela astronómica de invierno 2016. Antofagasta, Chile.
- 1 July 2016: Teacher Training on Kepler’s Laws and Modern Astronomy, at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
- 29 May 2016: ESO invita a recorrer el Observatorio Foster en el Día del Patrimonio 2016. Santiago, Chile.
- 28 May 2016: Invitación a charla ""Cielos oscuros de Chile, patrimonio de la humanidad". Santiago, Chile.
- 25 May 2016: E-ELT Dome and Main Structure Contract Ceremony. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 7 - 12 May 2016: #MeetESO, ESO's first social media gathering. Chile.
- 28 April 2016: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
- 26 April 2016: First Light Event for VLT’s Four New Lasers. Paranal Observatory, Chile.
- 14 April 2016: International Career Day. Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 15 January - 30 April 2016: Pale Red Dot outreach campaign, online.
2015
- 26 December 2015 - 1 January 2016: Third ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy, Italy.
- 23 - 24 November 2015: EU-UNAWE and Deutsche Museum Teacher Training. Deutsche Museum, München, Germany.
- 7 - 10 September 2015: ESO exhibition at 37th Polish Astronomical Society Assembly. Poznań, Poland.
- 27 June 2015: Open House at ESO for the Long Night of Science. Garching by München, Germany.
- 22 - 26 June 2015: ESO exhibition at the The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS). La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
- 18 - 19 June 2015: Workshop on public awareness of large scale facilities - Expectations - Experiences - Examples. ESO Headquarters, Garching by München, Germany.
- 31 May 2015: ESO invita a recorrer el Observatorio Foster en el Día del Patrimonio 2015. Santiago, Chile.
- 7 May 2015: Talk: A blast from the past. Speaker: Wolfgang Kerzendorf. Bavaria International School, Haimhausen, Germany.
- 23 April 2015: Girls’ Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
- 20 March 2015: Día de la Astronomía 2015: jornada de puertas abiertas ESO-ALMA. Santiago, Chile.
- 6 - 7 March 2015: Lehrerfortbildung Sternentwicklung. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 24 February 2015: Groundbreaking Ceremony for ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 23 January 2015: Lange Nacht der Architektur. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
2014
- 26 December 2014 - 1 January 2015: Second ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
- 24 November 2014: Tools for Technology Transfer — An ASTRONET Workshop. ESO Headquarters, Garching by München, Germany.
- 15 November 2014: A talk by Joe Liske on ESO and the E-ELT. House of Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.
- 11 October 2014: ESO Open House Day, ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 8 - 11 October 2014: 8va Fiesta de la Ciencia EXPLORA. Santiago, Chile.
- 7 October 2014: Reapertura de la exhibición ESO "Una ventana al Universo" . Antofagasta, Chile.
- 19 September 2014: Talk by Joe Liske about the European Extremely Large Telescope — Space Camp New Zealand. Canterbury, New Zealand.
- 19 June 2014: E-ELT Groundbreaking event — broadcasted live. Chile.
- 27 April 2014: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters. Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
- 6 April 2014: Astronomy lecture on "The European Extremely Large Telescope". Mumbai, India.
2013
- 26 - 31 December 2013: ESO Astronomy Camp for Secondary School Students. Saint-Barthelemy, Nus, Italy.
- 30 November 2013: A talk by Mirko Krumpe as part of the "Chilean Night" event, The Society of the Archenhold-Sternwarte. Berlin, Germany.
- 25 - 30 November 2013: XIV Latin American Regional IAU Meeting. Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
- 8 November 2013: ESO 50th Anniversary in Chile. Santiago, Chile.
- 30 October 2013: ESO Family day in Vitacura. Santiago, Chile.
- 29 October - 4 December 2013: Eventos culturales 50 años de ESO en Chile. Santiago, Chile.
- 19 October 2013: ESO Open House Day, ESO Headquarters. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 14 - 18 October 2013: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2013 (CAP 2013). Warsaw, Poland.
- 8 - 13 October 2013: Fiesta Chile: Laboratorio Natural. Santiago, Chile.
- 29 September 2013: CERN Open Days. Geneva, Switzerland.
- 27 - 29 September 2013: Débuter l'astrophotographie sans télescope: capturer le mouvement des étoiles, Alexandre Santerne, festival Ciel en Fête. Toulouse, France.
- 26 - 30 September 2013: AstroMaster La Palma, International Workshop about Advanced Timelapse imaging & processing & Landscape astrophotography with ESO Photo Ambassadors Babak Tafreshi and Christoph Malin. La Palma, Spain.
- 14 August 2013: Picnic cinematografic inedit, în rol principal - stelele, Pelicula Culturală. Timisoara, Romania.
- 10 August 2013: Débuter l'astrophotographie sans télescope: capturer le mouvement des étoiles, Alexandre Santerne. Puimichel, France.
- 6 August 2013: Astrónomos de ESO y ALMA hablarán sobre las estrellas en segundo “Café con-Ciencias”. Santiago, Chile.
- 23 July - 6 August 2013: Costruiamo il Telescopio del Futuro, Osservatorio Astronomico INAF di Padova. Padova, Italy.
- 22 July - 22 December 2013: ESO 50th Anniversary in Chile Events. Chile.
- 13 July - 24 August 2013: Mostra fotografica Staordinario Universo, Museo dell’Acqua. Kaberlaba – Asiago, Italy.
- 10 July 2013: ESO Photo Ambassador: when art photography helps science outreach, Alexandre Santerne. Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Portugal.
- 20 June 2013: Astrónomos de ESO hablarán sobre exoplanetas en el primer “Café con-Ciencias”. Santiago, Chile.
- 17 - 18 June 2013: Astronomy Education & Public Outreach: the European perspective — An ASTRONET Workshop. Heidelberg, Germany.
- 25 - 27 January 2013: Cumbre CELAC-UE. Santiago, Chile.
2012
- 10 December 2012: Astrónomo ESO analiza las profecías mayas. Santiago, Chile.
- 7 December 2012: Charla pública sobre el Sistema Solar y la búsqueda de planetas extrasolares. Antofagasta, Chile.
- 6 December 2012 - 8 March 2013: ESO Chile fue anfitrión de conferencia internacional de Física y Astronomía. Santiago, Chile.
- 9 November 2012: ESO es anfitrión del lanzamiento del libro Vistas de la Galaxia. Santiago, Chile.
- 16 - 18 October 2012: “Noche Zero”, Seminario internacional de contaminación lumínica. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
- 10 - 12 October 2012: XV Congreso Internacional de Aficionados de Astronomía, Universidad Arturo Prat. Chile.
- 6 October 2012: Celebración de los 50 años de ESO. Planetario de la USACH, Santiago, Chile.
- 1 - 6 October 2012: XVIII Semana Nacional de la Ciencia y Tecnología . Chile.
- 26 September 2012: El próximo 26 de septiembre se realizará en la comuna de La Cisterna el primer Congreso Escolar de Astronomía . Chile.
- 6 September 2012: Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta- Charla Amelia Bayo astrónoma ESO . Antofagasta, Chile.
- 24 August 2012: Planetario USACH- Charla de Florian Gourgeot, astrónomo ESO. Santiago, Chile.
- 7 - 22 July 2012: Programa especial vacaciones de invierno. Planetario USACH, Santiago - Telescopios en Chile, Chile.
- 26 June 2012: Conferencia del Professor Brian Schmidt, Premio Nobel de Física 2011 . Ex-Congreso, Santiago, Chile.
- 21 June - 31 December 2012: Awesome Universe — the Cosmos through the eyes of the European Southern Observatory. Europe and around the world.
- 27 May 2012: Día del Patrimonio. Cerro Calán, Santiago, Chile.
- 28 April 2012: Tiroler Forschungsnacht, University of Innsbruck. Innsbruck, Austria.
- 26 - 29 April 2012: Festival de astronomía. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
- 20 April 2012: Copiapó - Conmemoración 103 años desde el Informe de Curtis. Chile.
2011
- 30 November - 3 December 2011: Ex-Congreso, Santiago - Congreso del Futuro. Santiago, Chile.
- 22 November 2011: ESO — Österreichs Forscherfinger am Puls der Sternzeit. Linz Wissensturm, Austria.
- 15 November 2011: ESO — eine europäische Erfolgsgeschite unter chilenischem Sternenhimmel. Linz Wissensturm, Austria.
- 11 November 2011: "E-ELT — the biggest eye on the sky", Joe Liske at TEDx Bucharest. Bucharest, Romania.
- 15 October 2011: Open House Day. The ESO Headquarters in Garching near Munich will open its doors for the public. Garching bei München, Germany.
- 10 - 14 October 2011: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2011(CAP 2011) - New Territories for Science Outreach. Beijing, China.
- 28 - 30 July 2011: III National Olimpic games of astronomy and astronautic. Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Antofagasta, Chile.
- 6 - 8 July 2011: "Lehrerfortbildung zur Lehrplanalternative Astrophysik". Garching, Germany.
- 22 April 2011: Girls' Day event "Einführung in die Arbeit des European Southern Observatory". Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
2010
- 12 October 2010: "Alles aus Nichts: Der Ursprung des Universums". Garching, Germany.
- 1 - 7 August 2010: Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) 2010 and Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP). Garching, Germany.
- 24 June 2010: A virtual walk-through of the E-ELT at Ars Electronica. Linz, Austria.
- 15 June 2010: Local press conference and public talk on E-ELT. Concepcion University, Chile.
- 5 June 2010: "Are we alone in the Universe?". Munich, Germany.
- 31 May 2010: "The Big Bang in the Tunnel". Munich, Germany.
- 22 April 2010: Girls' Day event "Einführung in die Arbeit des European Southern Observatory". Garching bei Muenchen, Germany.
- 15 - 19 March 2010: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010. Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1 January 2010 - 1 October 2011: The Eye 3D School Screenings.
2009
- 28 October 2009: Opening of 3D Movie Featuring ESO's Paranal Observatory. Biberach, Germany.
- 24 October 2009: Open House Day (page in German). Garching, Germany.
- 3 - 4 April 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy live webcasts – Around the World in 80 Telescopes.
- 1 January - 31 December 2009: International Year of Astronomy. Worldwide.
2008
- 1 January 2008: James Bond at Paranal. Paranal Observatory, Chile.
2007
- 13 October 2007: "Long Night of Science / Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft" - 50th anniversary of the Garching Campus. Garching, Germany.
- 8 - 11 October 2007: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007. Athens, Greece.
- 14 - 19 September 2007: 19th European Union Contest for Young Scientists. Valencia, Spain.
2006
- 15 October 2006: Open House Day. Garching, Germany.
2005
- 14 - 17 June 2005: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2005. Garching, Germany.
2003
- 1 December 2003: Public Talks.
2002
- 9 September 2002: ESO 40 Years (1962 - 2002): The Anniversary Planetarium Show. Garching, Germany.
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