The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer are shown the book "Voices from the Universe"

On 6 December 2012 the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Dr Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer, visited ESO’s premises in Santiago, Chile. The President was accompanied by Dorothea Auer, Austrian Ambassador to Chile and Friedrich Faulhammer, Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research. They were joined by several other Austrian government officials as well as a scientific and cultural delegation.

The picture shows President Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer looking at the book "Voices from the Universe", a gift from ESO’s Representative in Chile, Massimo Tarenghi.