European Southern Observatory

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astronomical observatory organization intergovernmental organization

The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental astronomy organization that designs, builds, and operates some of the world’s most advanced ground-based telescopes in the southern hemisphere.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
ESO	4
ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany	1
ESO Science Archive Facility	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory organization ⓘ intergovernmental organization ⓘ
abbreviation	European Southern Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ESO
collaboratesWith	CERN ⓘ European Space Agency ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
develops	European Extremely Large Telescope ⓘ surface form: Extremely Large Telescope
field	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ
focusesOn	ground-based astronomy ⓘ infrared astronomy ⓘ optical astronomy ⓘ submillimeter astronomy ⓘ
foundedBy	European countries ⓘ
fundedBy	member states ⓘ
governingBody	ESO Council ⓘ
hasDirectorGeneral	Xavier Barcons ⓘ
hasInstrument	FORS2 ⓘ MUSE ⓘ SPHERE ⓘ UVES ⓘ
hasObservatorySite	ALMA Operations Support Facility ⓘ Cerro Armazones ⓘ La Silla Observatory ⓘ surface form: Cerro La Silla Paranal Observatory ⓘ surface form: Cerro Paranal La Silla Observatory ⓘ Paranal Observatory ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Garching ⓘ surface form: Garching bei München Germany ⓘ
inception	1962 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ German ⓘ
legalForm	intergovernmental organization ⓘ
memberOf	European Research Area ⓘ
operates	Atacama Pathfinder Experiment ⓘ La Silla Observatory ⓘ New Technology Telescope ⓘ Paranal Observatory ⓘ VLT Survey Telescope ⓘ Very Large Telescope ⓘ VISTA telescope ⓘ surface form: Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
operatesIn	southern hemisphere ⓘ
partnerIn	Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ⓘ
purpose	astronomical research ⓘ design and operation of ground-based telescopes ⓘ
regionServed	member states in Europe ⓘ
website	https://www.eso.org ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Southern Observatory → abbreviation → European Southern Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESO

ESO 3.6 m Telescope → affiliation → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory → affiliation → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

National Radio Astronomy Observatory → collaboratesWith → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope → collaborationBetween → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO 3.6 m Telescope → commissionedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope → commissionedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

NTT 3.58 m Telescope → commissionedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

WFI wide field imager → dataArchive → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESO Science Archive Facility

European Extremely Large Telescope → designedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

HARPS spectrograph → developedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

European Extremely Large Telescope → hostOrganization → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array → managedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO Council → meetsAt → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany

HARPS spectrograph → observatoryOperator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESO

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array → operatedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESO

FEROS spectrograph → operatedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

HARPS spectrograph → operatedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

La Silla mountain → operatedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

WFI wide field imager → operatedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO 3.6 m Telescope → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

European Extremely Large Telescope → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

La Silla Observatory → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

NTT 3.58 m Telescope → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

New Technology Telescope → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

Paranal Observatory → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

Very Large Telescope → operator → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO 3.6 m Telescope → organization → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

New Technology Telescope → organization → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESO

MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope → organizationAffiliation → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO 3.6 m Telescope → ownedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

La Silla Observatory → ownedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

New Technology Telescope → ownedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

Paranal Observatory → ownedBy → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope → owner → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

NTT 3.58 m Telescope → owner → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO Council → parentOrganization → European Southern Observatory ⓘ

ESO Council → partOf → European Southern Observatory ⓘ