The European Southern Observatory brings IYA2009 to Chile’s Science Week

16 October 2009

5 - 10 October is annually celebrated as National Science & Technology week in Chile. This year it focussed its attentions on astronomy, in honour of IYA2009. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) played an active role in several projects.

Highlights included the launch of the Galileomobile, an interactive exhibition called "Noticias del Universo", video projections, planetarium presentations, and much more.

For more information, please visit: http://www.eso.org/public/events/announcements/chile_scitech_week/index.html


Organisational Associates:
ESO AAS INSU CAS STRW NOVA STFC SCNAT SPA NRC MEC CNES DLR ESA JAXA NAOJ APL PS ESF ISRO ICRAN NLSI NOT U Cluster NASAEAS ASI NRAO CEA  KASI EAE SPA AUI CROSCI



The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.