Exhibitions

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2010

  • 14 December 2010: II Atacama Scolar Conference. Copiapo, Chile.
  • 7 - 8 December 2010: Technology World. London, United Kingdom.
  • 5 December 2010 - 5 January 2011: Special exhibition for Council. Munich, ESO HQ warehouse, Germany.
  • 2 December 2010: Closing the Deal. LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • 2 - 6 December 2010: IV Cono Sur Planetariums meeting. Santiago, Chile.
  • 28 November - 4 December 2010: Expo Arq. Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 23 - 25 November 2010: Workshop on Applied Mathematics and Astronomy 2010 (WAMAS 2010). Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 22 - 26 November 2010: Belen Educa foundation 10 years celebration. Santiago, Chile.
  • 4 - 6 November 2010: XIII International Conference of Amateur astronomers. Vicuna, Chile.
  • 28 - 30 October 2010: 3rd Congress Astronomy at School. Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 26 October 2010: 30 years of Talca Astronomy Club. Talca, Chile.
  • 25 October - 6 November 2010: Science train. Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 20 - 22 October 2010: Luxamérica Valparaíso 2010. Valparaíso, Chile.
  • 12 October 2010: Inauguration project "El Cielo en Nuestras Manos". Observatorio Cruz del Sur, Combarbala, Chile.
  • 7 - 29 October 2010: "Des Liegois au Chili, Des chiliens a Liege". City Hall, Liege, Belgium.
  • 6 - 10 October 2010: "Fiesta explorando el Universo". Metropolitan park, Santiago, Chile.
  • 23 - 24 September 2010: "The Transient Universe". Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
  • 18 September 2010: Framtidens jätteteleskop (Giant future telescopes). ABF-huset, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 6 - 10 September 2010: Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting. Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 5 September 2010: Patrimonial Day - Chile bicentenary. Cerro Calan Observatory, Santiago, Chile.
  • 2 September 2010: Public Talk "Space exploration: observing inside and outside the solar system". Santiago Planetarium, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1 September - 31 December 2010: "Our Place in Space", National Science Week. Cork, Ireland.
  • 16 - 22 August 2010: "Noticias del Universo" (News from the universe). Museum R.P. Gustavo Le Paige, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
  • 12 August 2010: 2nd Latin American Astronomy Olympiad. Puerto Varas, Chile.
  • 2 August - 7 December 2010: FIESMA Chile 2010. Santiago region, Chile.
  • 2 - 4 August 2010: Light pollution international conference. Museum of the Desert at Ruinas de Huanchaca, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 28 July - 8 August 2010: Interactive exhibition "Noticias del Universo". Calama, Chile.
  • 2 - 3 July 2010: MIGA 2010 - Anniversary of Taltal. Taltal, Chile.
  • 29 June - 1 July 2010: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. San Diego, USA.
  • 26 June - 4 July 2010: Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom.
  • 9 June 2010: Science Café. Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 31 May - 4 June 2010: Sciences event and World Environment Day celebration. Copiapo, Chile.
  • 19 May - 21 July 2010: Giant Telescopes — Large Eyes on the Sky. Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 1 May - 21 October 2010: Expo Shanghai. Shanghai, China.
  • 19 - 23 April 2010: Astronomy and Space Travels Expo. Santiago de Chile University, Santiago, Chile.
  • 19 - 21 April 2010: Hannover Messe. Hannover, Germany.
  • 12 - 16 April 2010: RAS NAM2010. University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • 23 - 24 March 2010: ECRI 2010 (European Conference on Research Infrastructures). Barcelona, Spain.
  • 17 - 26 March 2010: Closing of the Portuguese International Year of Astronomy 2009. Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 6 - 14 March 2010: Gruppo Astrofili Salese. Villa Farsetti, near Venice, Italy.
  • 23 January 2010: Astroday 2010. La Serena, Chile.
  • 22 January - 4 February 2010: "Noticias del Universo" (News from the universe). Colegio Sagrada Familia, Serrano 1156, Tocopilla, Chile.
  • 13 - 15 January 2010: UK E-ELT Science Workshop III, Royal Astronomical Society. Burlington House, London, United Kingdom.
  • 9 January 2010: Closing of the Chilean International Year of Astronomy 2009. Cerro Calan Observatory, Santiago, Chile.

2009

  • 8 December 2009: Cosmic Evolution — New Exhibition at the Deutsches Museum Features ESO. Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.
  • 3 - 20 December 2009: Noticias del Universo. Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 27 November 2009: 20 years of AO at ESO. ESO HQ, Germany.
  • 23 November - 12 December 2009: "El Universo desde Atacama". Talcahuano and Santiago, Chile.
  • 11 November 2009: Lange Nacht der Forschung. Vienna, Austria.
  • 3 November 2009: El Universo de La Luz. Los Vilos, Chile.
  • 24 October 2009: Open House Day. ESO HQ, Germany.
  • 19 - 24 October 2009: Week of the italian Language, The Italian Cultural Institute. Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • 14 - 17 October 2009: Discovery, Cork's Interactive Science Exhibition. City Hall, Cork, Ireland.
  • 12 - 31 October 2009: Galilean Days and Nights. Cork City, Ireland.
  • 9 October - 11 November 2009: Noticias del universo. Santiago, Baquedano Subway Station, Chile.
  • 7 - 10 October 2009: Fiesta de la Ciencia. Santiago, Chile.
  • 20 - 24 September 2009: "Highlights der Physik 2009". Cologne, Germany.
  • 18 - 19 September 2009: Forskningstorget. University plaza, Oslo, Norway.
  • 16 - 20 September 2009: 50 Plus Beurs (50 Plus Fair). Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • 12 September 2009: 3rd Swiss Astronomy Day in the Year of Astronomy. Zug, Switzerland.
  • 3 September 2009: Lights out – Starry Night. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria.
  • 20 August 2009: Deep Space Night #2. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria.
  • 6 August 2009: Deep Space Night #1. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria.
  • 3 - 14 August 2009: XXVII IAU General Assembly. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • 10 July - 10 August 2009: The World At Night. Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, Santiago,, Chile.
  • 9 July 2009: STFC's review of UK ground-based astronomy facilities. London, United Kingdom.
  • 27 June 2009: Astrozelt Bon. Bonn, Germany.
  • 23 June - 22 November 2009: Cosmos : un cheminement dans l'espace et le temp. Paris, France.
  • 18 June 2009: Seagate Young Innovators. Dublin, Ireland.
  • 18 June 2009: Austrian Industry Day. Vienna, Austria.
  • 2 - 4 June 2009: TWAN exhibition. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
  • 2 - 4 June 2009: TWAN exhibition. Colegio Andventista, Calama, Chile.
  • 26 - 28 May 2009: DRM Workshop. ESO HQ, Germany.
  • 14 May 2009: Stelle di Atacama. Instituto Italiano in Santiago, then Italian schools in other regions, Chile.
  • 11 - 13 May 2009: E-ELT Review. ESO Garching, Germany.
  • 20 - 24 April 2009: European Week of Astronomy and Space Science Incorporating RAS NAM 2009 and EAS JENAM 2009. Hatfield, United Kingdom.
  • 24 - 27 March 2009: Workshop on ALMA and ELTs. ESO Garching, Germany.
  • 12 - 26 February 2009: AAAS Meeting. Chicago IL,, USA.
  • 9 - 20 February 2009: UNCOPUOUS. Vienna, Austria.
  • 22 January - 24 May 2009: Chile: Ojos al Universo. Museo de Historia Natural, Valparaíso, Chile.
  • 21 January - 28 February 2009: German IYA2009 Opening Event. Berlin, Germany.
  • 20 January 2009: German E-ELT Industry Day. Berlin, Germany.
  • 15 - 16 January 2009: IYA2009 Opening Event. Paris, France.
  • 6 - 10 January 2009: BT Young Scientist of the Year. Dublin, Ireland.
  • 4 - 5 January 2009: AAS 213th Meeting. Long Beach CA, USA.
  • 1 January 2009: Several months/years: GigagalaxyZoom. all over Europe.

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