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European Southern Observatory

The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory, is an intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 member states for ground-based astronomy.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: intergovernmental organization and observatory in Chile
  • Also known as: “ESO”, “European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere”, “Garching Observatory”, “The European Southern Observatory，ESO”, and “The European Southern Observatory，縮寫：ESO”
  • Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, Garching bei München, 85748

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and Garching-Forschungszentrum station.

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The is a research institute located in Garching, just north of , , . It is one of many scientific research institutes belonging to the Max Planck Society. is situated 150 metres north of European Southern Observatory.

Metro station
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Garching-Forschungszentrum is a Munich U-Bahn station in Garching. It serves as the northern terminus of the U6 line of the Munich U-Bahn system. Opened in 2006, it serves the Campus Garching with its 7,500 employees and around 17,000 students. is situated 570 metres north of European Southern Observatory.

Research institute
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The is a supercomputing centre on the Campus Garching near , operated by the . is situated 370 metres northwest of European Southern Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garching and Fischerhäuser.

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, officially "Garching b. " is a northern suburb of Munich in . Its main claim to fame is the Forschungszentrum which does high class research into all kinds of things.

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is a village.

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is a village.

European Southern Observatory

Latitude
48.25961° or 48° 15′ 35″ north
Longitude
11.67126° or 11° 40′ 17″ east
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“European Southern Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Europese Suidelike Sterrewag”
  • Arabic: “المرصد الأوروبي الجنوبي”
  • Arabic: “ايسو”
  • Armenian: “Եվրոպական հարավային աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Européu Austral”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avropa Cənub Rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Behatoki Europarra”
  • Belarusian: “ESO”
  • Belarusian: “Еўрапейская паўднёвая абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Еўрапейская Паўднёвая абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “ЭПА”
  • Belarusian: “Эўрапейская паўднёвая абсэрваторыя”
  • Bengali: “ইউরোপীয় দক্ষিণ মানমন্দির সংস্থা”
  • Bulgarian: “Европейска южна обсерватория”
  • Catalan: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Europeu Austral”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی باشووری ئەورووپا”
  • Chinese: “ESO”
  • Chinese: “南歐天文台”
  • Chinese: “欧南台”
  • Chinese: “欧洲南天天文台”
  • Chinese: “欧洲南方天文台”
  • Chinese: “歐洲南天天文台”
  • Chinese: “歐洲南天文台”
  • Chinese: “歐洲南方天文台”
  • Croatian: “Europski južni opservatorij”
  • Czech: “ESO”
  • Czech: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Czech: “Evropská jižní observatoř”
  • Danish: “ESO”
  • Danish: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Dutch: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Europese Zuidelijke Sterrenwacht”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المرصد الاوروبى الجنوبى”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropa suda observatorio”
  • Estonian: “Euroopa Lõunaobservatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Euroopan eteläinen observatorio”
  • French: “ESO”
  • French: “European Southern Observatory”
  • French: “Garching Observatory”
  • French: “Observatoire europeen austral”
  • French: “Observatoire européen austral”
  • Galician: “Observatorio austral europeo”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Europeo Austral”
  • German: “ESO”
  • German: “Europäische Organisation für astronomische Forschung in der südlichen Hemisphäre”
  • German: “Europäische Südsternwarte”
  • German: “European Southern Observatory”
  • German: “Garching Observatory”
  • Greek: “ESO”
  • Greek: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Greek: “Ευρωπαϊκό Νότιο Αστεροσκοπείο”
  • Hebrew: “ארגון המצפה האירופי הדרומי”
  • Hebrew: “המצפה האירופי הדרומי”
  • Hindi: “यूरोपीय दक्षिणी वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Európai Déli Obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Icelandic: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Icelandic: “Stjörnustöð Evrópulanda á suðurhveli”
  • Indonesian: “ESO”
  • Indonesian: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Selatan Eropa”
  • Irish: “an Eagraíocht Eorpach um Thaighde Réalteolaíoch sa Leathsféar Theas”
  • Irish: “an Réadlann Eorpach sa Leathsféar Theas”
  • Irish: “An Réadlann Eorpach sa Leathsféar Theas”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Eorpach an Deiscirt”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio europeo australe”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Europeo Australe”
  • Japanese: “ESO”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ南天天文台”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ南天文台”
  • Japanese: “欧州南天天文台”
  • Korean: “ESO”
  • Korean: “유럽 남반구 천문대”
  • Korean: “유럽 남방 천문대”
  • Korean: “유럽 남천문대”
  • Korean: “유럽남부천문대”
  • Korean: “유럽남천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Europaeum australe”
  • Luxembourgish: “Europäesche Südobservatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Macedonian: “ESO”
  • Macedonian: “Европска јужна опсерваторија”
  • Macedonian: “ЕСО”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Selatan Eropah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det europeiske sørobservatorium”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ESO”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det europeiske sørobservatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det europeiske sydobservatorium”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det sørlege europeiske observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “ESO”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Norwegian: “Det europeiske sørobservatoriet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri Europèu Austral”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه جنوبی اروپا”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ جنوبی اروپا”
  • Polish: “ESO”
  • Polish: “Europejskie Obserwatorium Południowe”
  • Portuguese: “ESO”
  • Portuguese: “European southern observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Europeu do Sul”
  • Romanian: “European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere”
  • Romanian: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul European Austral”
  • Russian: “ESO”
  • Russian: “European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere”
  • Russian: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Russian: “Европейская южная обсерватория”
  • Serbian: “Европска јужна опсерваторија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Evropski južni opservatorij”
  • Sicilian: “ESO”
  • Sicilian: “Ossirvatoriu Eurupeu Australi”
  • Slovak: “ESO”
  • Slovak: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Slovak: “Európske južné observatórium”
  • Slovenian: “ESO”
  • Slovenian: “Evropska organizacija za astronomsko raziskovanje na južni polobli”
  • Slovenian: “Evropski južni observatorij”
  • Spanish: “ESO”
  • Spanish: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Spanish: “Garching Observatory”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Austral Europeo”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio del Sur Europeo”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Europeo Austral”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Europeo del Sur”
  • Swedish: “European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere”
  • Swedish: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Europeiska sydobservatoriet”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Европа обсерваториясе”
  • Thai: “ESO”
  • Thai: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวท้องฟ้าซีกใต้แห่งยุโรป”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวยุโรปใต้”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa Güney Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa Güney Rasathanesi”
  • Turkish: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Ukrainian: “ESO”
  • Ukrainian: “Європейська південна обсерваторія”
  • Uzbek: “Yevropa janubiy rasadxonasi”
  • Venetian: “Oservatòrio Eoropeo del Sud”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát Nam Âu”
  • Vietnamese: “ESO”
  • Vietnamese: “Tổ chức Nghiên cứu thiên văn châu Âu tại Nam Bán cầu”
  • Vietnamese: “Tổ chức Nghiên cứu vũ trụ châu Âu tại bán cầu Nam”
  • Yue Chinese: “歐洲南天文台”

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