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#MeetESO participants announced
16 Mars 2016: On 15 February ESO announced its first social media gathering, launching a call to keen social media users from ESON countries interested in visiting its observatory sites in Chile. In all, more than 250 entries were received. After much deliberation, eight entrants were chosen to join the #MeetESO gathering, which is timed to coincide with the 2016 transit of Mercury. The eight participants selected to join the inaugural #MeetESO social media gathering are: Lorna Aguilar, Chile, http://www.twitter.com/lornibaby, http://www.facebook.com/lornibaby LoÃ?c Bommersbach, France, https://twitter.com/Leauickque, https://www.facebook.com/loic.bommersbach Anne Grudzien, Germany, https://twitter.com/cpamoa/, https://www.facebook.com/blogcpamoa Jane MacArthur, UK, https://twitter.com/Jane_MacArthur, https://www.facebook.com/jane.macarthur.10 Ian O'Neill, USA, http://www.twitter.com/astroengine, https://www.facebook.com/astroengine Sergio Sancevero, Brazil, http://twitter.com/spacetoday1, http://facebook.com/spacetoday Remco Timmermans, The Netherlands, https://twitter.com/timmermansr, https://www.facebook.com/rtimmermans Cristian Westphal, Brazil, https://twitter.com/C_e_Astronomia, https://www.facebook.com/cristianreis1995 The selected participants will travel to Chile to visit some of the worldâ?Ts most exciting astronomical facilities: the Very Large Telescope (VLT) â?' the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory â?' and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...