The ESO education and Public Outreach Department has established a network of persons in the ESO Member states and other countries who serve as local contacts for the media in connection with ESO developments, Press Releases, etc. At the same time, they may help to provide useful contacts between the media and the scientists in their area. The ESON members, or their representatives, are typically full-time science communicators who know the national players (media, academia etc.) and regularly interact with them, are able to find a national angle, have a strong interest in promoting ESO and provide regular inputs and ideas for how to best reach the target groups in their area. More precisely, their mission is: "To act as ESO's media and outreach representative in the member states and potential member states with the general aim of promoting ESO's mission and demonstrating the many inspirational aspects of astronomy."
Below you will find the members of the "ESO Science Outreach Network".
ESO member states
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Austria Dr. Peter Habison and Dr. Thomas Lebzelter Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics c/o Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien Türkenschanzstraße 17 1180 Wien Austria Tel.: +43 (1) 729 54 94 E-Mail: peter.habison@astronomie-wien.at and lebzelter@astro.univie.ac.at ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/austria/ |
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Belgium Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez Planetarium, Royal Observatory of Belgium Avenue de Bouchout B-1020 Brussels Belgium Tel.: +32-2-474 70 50 E-Mail: rodrigo.alvarez@oma.be ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/belgium/ |
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Czech Republic Dr. Viktor Votruba Astronomical Institute Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Fricova 298 Ondrejov 25 165 Czech Republic Tel.: +420 323 620 147 E-Mail: votruba@physics.muni.cz or votruba@asu.cas.cz or votruba@hvezdarna.cz ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/czechrepublic/ |
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Denmark Dr. Michael Linden-Vørnle Tycho Brahe Planetarium Gl. Kongevej 10 DK-1610 Copenhagen V Denmark Tel.: +45-33-18 19 97 E-Mail: mykal@tycho.dk ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/denmark/ |
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Finland Jari Kotilainen Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA) University of Turku FI-21500 Piikkiö Finland Tel.: +358 (0)2 3338250, +358 (0)2 2433767 E-Mail: jarkot@utu.fi ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/finland/ |
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France |
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Germany Dr. Markus Poessel Haus der Astronomie/Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie Koenigstuhl 17 D-69117 Heidelberg Germany Tel.: +49 6221 528-261 E-Mail: poessel@mpia-hd.mpg.de ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/germany/ |
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Italy Francesco Rea INAF – Hq Viale del Parco Mellini 84 00136 – Rome Italy Tel.:+39 06 3553 3227 or +39 33 5135 8069 E-mail: francesco.rea@inaf.it ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/italy/ |
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The Netherlands Ms. Marieke Baan NOVA Outreach Office Universiteit van Amsterdam Sterrenkundig Instituut Kruislaan 403 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel.: +31-20-525 74 80 E-Mail: mbaan@science.uva.nl ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/netherlands/ |
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Portugal and Margarida Serote
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Spain Dr. Miguel Mas-Hesse and Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB; CSIC-INTA) POB 78 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada Spain Tel.: +34 91 813 11 96 E-Mail: mm@cab.inta-csic.es nzelman@cab.inta-csic.es ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/spain/ |
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Switzerland |
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United Kingdom |
ESO non-member states
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Chile (ESO Host Country) |
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Iceland |
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Ireland |
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Norway Dr Andreas O. Jaunsen / Jan-Erik Ovaldsen University of Oslo PO box 1080, Blindern 0316 Oslo Norway Tel: +47 22 85 70 22 E-mail: a.o.jaunsen@astro.uio.no / j.e.ovaldsen@astro.uio.no ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/norway/ |
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Poland |
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Turkey Arif Solmaz Canakkale Astrophysics Research Centre Canakkale University Physics Dept. Terzioglu Campus TR-17100 Canakkale Turkey Tel.: +90 538 614 29 38 E-mail: arif.solmaz@gmail.com ESO mini-site: http://www.eso.org/public/turkey/ |
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USA |
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