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: “an Eagraíocht Eorpach um Thaighde Réalteolaíoch sa Leathsféar Theas”, “Đài quan sát Nam Âu”, “Det europeiske sydobservatorium”, “Det sørlege europeiske observatoriet”, “Europäische Organisation für astronomische Forschung in der südlichen Hemisphäre”, “European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere”, “European southern observatory”, “Evropska organizacija za astronomsko raziskovanje na južni polobli”, “Garching Observatory”, “Observatoire europeen austral”, “Observatorio Austral Europeo”, “Observatorio del Sur Europeo”, “Réadlann Eorpach an Deiscirt”, “The European Southern Observatory，ESO”, “The European Southern Observatory，縮寫：ESO”, “ЕСО”, “ЭПА”, “ايسو”, “رصدخانهٔ جنوبی اروپا”, “หอดูดาวยุโรปใต้”, “유럽 남반구 천문대”, “유럽 남천문대”, “유럽남부천문대”, “유럽남천문대”, “ヨーロッパ南天文台”, “南歐天文台”, “欧南台”, “欧州南天天文台”, and “欧洲南天天文台”
  • Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, Garching bei München, 85748

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Garching-Forschungszentrum station and Leibniz Supercomputing Centre.

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.

Tower
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The is a tower for meteorological measurements located in Garching, . Built in 2007–2009, it is named after Oskar von Miller and operated by the Technical University of Munich. is situated 560 metres west 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.

Village
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is a village.

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”
  • Armenian: “Եվրոպական հարավային աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Européu Austral”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avropa Cənub Rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Behatoki Europarra”
  • Belarusian: “Еўрапейская паўднёвая абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Еўрапейская Паўднёвая абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Эўрапейская паўднёвая абсэрваторыя”
  • Bengali: “ইউরোপীয় দক্ষিণ মানমন্দির সংস্থা”
  • Bulgarian: “Европейска южна обсерватория”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Europeu Austral”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی باشووری ئەورووپا”
  • 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: “Evropská jižní observatoř”
  • Danish: “ESO”
  • Danish: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Europese Zuidelijke Sterrenwacht”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المرصد الاوروبى الجنوبى”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropa suda observatorio”
  • Estonian: “Euroopa Lõunaobservatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Euroopan eteläinen observatorio”
  • French: “Observatoire européen austral”
  • Galician: “Observatorio austral europeo”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Europeo Austral”
  • German: “Europäische Südsternwarte”
  • Greek: “Ευρωπαϊκό Νότιο Αστεροσκοπείο”
  • Hebrew: “ארגון המצפה האירופי הדרומי”
  • Hebrew: “המצפה האירופי הדרומי”
  • Hindi: “यूरोपीय दक्षिणी वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Európai Déli Obszervatórium”
  • Icelandic: “Stjörnustöð Evrópulanda á suðurhveli”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Selatan Eropa”
  • Irish: “an Réadlann Eorpach sa Leathsféar Theas”
  • Irish: “An Réadlann Eorpach sa Leathsféar Theas”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio europeo australe”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Europeo Australe”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ南天天文台”
  • Korean: “유럽 남방 천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Europaeum australe”
  • Luxembourgish: “Europäesche Südobservatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Европска јужна опсерваторија”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Selatan Eropah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det europeiske sørobservatorium”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det europeiske sørobservatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Det europeiske sørobservatoriet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri Europèu Austral”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه جنوبی اروپا”
  • Polish: “Europejskie Obserwatorium Południowe”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Europeu do Sul”
  • Romanian: “European Southern Observatory”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul European Austral”
  • Russian: “Европейская южная обсерватория”
  • Serbian: “Европска јужна опсерваторија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Evropski južni opservatorij”
  • Sicilian: “Ossirvatoriu Eurupeu Australi”
  • Slovak: “Európske južné observatórium”
  • Slovenian: “Evropski južni observatorij”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Europeo Austral”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Europeo del Sur”
  • Swedish: “Europeiska sydobservatoriet”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Европа обсерваториясе”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวท้องฟ้าซีกใต้แห่งยุโรป”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa Güney Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa Güney Rasathanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Європейська південна обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “یورپی جنوبی رصدگاہ”
  • Uzbek: “Yevropa janubiy rasadxonasi”
  • Venetian: “Oservatòrio Eoropeo del Sud”
  • 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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