Important ESO Sites Contact Addresses
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Headquarters ESO Headquarters, located in Garching, near Munich (Germany), is the scientific, technical and administrative centre of the organisation. |
ESO Headquarters Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 85748 Garching bei MÓÌnchen Germany |
+49 89 32006 0 | +49 89 3202362 | 48ÒÀ 15' 36.90" N 11ÒÀ 40' 15.16" E |
Travel info | Phone book | information@eso.org |
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Santiago Office The ESO offices in Chile are located in the Vitacura district in Santiago, hosting astronomers, technicians and administrative staff. |
ESO Vitacura Alonso de CÓÃrdova 3107 Vitacura, Casilla 19001 Santiago de Chile Chile |
+56 2 2463 3000 | +56 2 2463 3101 | 33ÒÀ 23' 57.79" S 70ÒÀ 36' 0.49" W |
Travel info | Phone book | contacto@eso.org |
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Guesthouse The ESO Guesthouse is the official lodge for visiting astronomers and ESO staff travelling between Europe and ESO sites. |
ESO Guesthouse Rey Gustavo Adolfo NÒÀ 4634 Las Condes - Santiago Chile |
+56 2 2208 4254 / 2207 9785 / 2206 5353 / 2207 3251 | +56 2 2228 9333 | 33ÒÀ 25' 12.29" S 70ÒÀ 34' 38.26" W |
Travel info | guesthou@eso.org | |
| La Silla Observatory ESOò??s La Silla Observatory, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile, is a frontline astronomical facility with medium-sized and small optical telescopes, including the most successful exoplanet hunter, HARPS. |
ESO La Silla Observatory IV RegiÓÃn Chile |
+56 2 2464 4100 | +56 2 2464 4101 | 29ÒÀ 15' 40.2" S, 70ÒÀ 43' 52.8" W |
Travel info | Phone book | lasilla@eso.org | |
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La Serena Office The ESO Office in La Serena is an administrative point that supports the operation of the La Silla Observatory and serves as connection between La Silla and the rest of the ESO sites in Chile. |
ESO La Serena Office |
+56 51 2 272 601 | +56 51 2 215 175 | 29ÒÀ 55' 16.35" S 71ÒÀ 12' 42" W | Travel info | ||
| Paranal Observatory Paranal Observatory, 130 km south of Antofagasta in Chile, is the flagship facility of ESO equipped with an array of four 8.2-metre telescopes, four auxiliary telescopes for interferometry and a survey telescope. |
ESO Paranal Observatory II RegiÓÃn Chile |
+56 55 2435 100 | +56 55 2435 101 | 24ÒÀ 40' S, 70ÒÀ 25' W |
Travel info | Phone book | paranal@eso.org | |
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ESO Antofagasta Office The ESO Office in Antofagasta is an administrative point that supports the operation of Paranal Observatory and serves as a connection between Paranal and the rest of the ESO sites in Chile. |
ESO Antofagasta Office Avenida Balmaceda 2536, Office 504 Edificio "Don Guillermo" Antofagasta Chile |
+56 55 2260 032 | +56 55 2260 081 | 23ÒÀ 38' 44.85" S 70ÒÀ 24' 0.76" W |
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ALMA Santiago Central Offices (SCO) | ALMA Santiago Central Offices Alonso de CÓÃrdova 3107, Vitacura Casilla 763 0355 Santiago Chile |
+56 2 2467 6100 | +56 2 2467 6101 | 33ÒÀ 24' 1.94" S 70ÒÀ 35' 58.39" W |
Travel info | recepstg@alma.cl | |
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ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) The ALMA Operations Support Facility, at an altitude of 2900 metres in the Chilean Andes, will serve as the focal point for the ALMA operations. Antennas are assembled here before being moved to the Array Operations Site at 5000 metres altitude. |
ALMA Operations Support Facility KilÓÃmetro 121 Carretera CH 23 San Pedro de Atacama Chile |
+56 2 2467 6416 | 23ÒÀ 4' 23.11" S 67ÒÀ 58' 51.43" W |
Travel info | Phone book | ||
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ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) The ALMA Array Operations Site, at an altitude of 5000 metres in the Chilean Andes, houses the ALMA antennas and the correlator, the fastest data processing system ever used at an astronomical site. |
ALMA Array Operations Site II RegiÓÃn Chile |
23ÒÀ 1' 23.5" S, 67ÒÀ 45' 16.7" W | Travel info | Phone book | |||
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ALMA Project EU FEIC |
ALMA Project EU FEIC Building R25, 2 - 38 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Science & Innovation Campus Didcot , Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK |
+44 0 123 544 5000 | +44 0 123 544 5808 | 51ÒÀ 34' 22.5" N, 1ÒÀ 18' 33.3" W | Travel info | ||
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APEX Sequitor Base The APEX Sequitor Base, located nearby San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, is the workplace of the astronomers and support staff running APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment. |
APEX Sequitor Base Ayllo de Sequitor, Parcela 85 San Pedro de Atacama II Region Chile |
+56 2 25950 800 / ext. 448 228 | +56 2 25950 800 / ext. 221 | 22ÒÀ 54' 31.35" S 68ÒÀ 11' 58.98" W | Travel info | Phone book | apex@apex-telescope.org |
| APEX Chajnantor Site APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, is a 12-metre diameter antenna observing the Universe at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths located at an altitude of 5100 metres, on the Chajnantor plateau, in Chileò??s Atacama region. |
APEX Chajnantor Site II RegiÓÃn Chile |
+56 2 25950800 / ext. 299 | 23ÒÀ 0' 21" S, 67ÒÀ 45' 32" W |
Travel info | Phone book | apex@apex-telescope.org | ||
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Storage Hall in HochbrÓÌck | Storage Hall in HochbrÓÌck Dieselstrasse 20 85748 Garching HochbrÓÌck Germany |
+49 89 3218 6642 | 48ÒÀ15'14.04"N 11ÒÀ37'25.96"E |
