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FREE LECTURE: Free Lecture: Reaching new heights in astronomy: The European Southern Observatory
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Today's date is Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Free Lecture: Reaching new heights in astronomy: The European Southern Observatory : In this lecture, Professor Tim de Zeeuw, Director General of the ESO, will describe ESO's current suite of programs, the telescopes that make the discoveries possible and what's on the horizon for one of the world's premier astronomical institutions. Other events...
Professor Tim de Zeeuw, Director General of the European Southern Observatory The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory.

ESO telescopes have made some of the most significant astronomical discoveries of recent times, including the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the most distant gamma-ray burst, the Earth- like planet Gliese 581c and the most distant galaxy ever seen by humans.

Tea and coffee from 3:45pm.

More info and a promotional poster available at www.icrar.org/events /eso-lecture

Please circulate this to friends and colleagues. Thank you!

NOT TO BE MISSED!
Speaker(s) Professor Tim de Zeeuw, ESO DG
Location UWA Club Auditorium
Contact Kirsten Gottschalk <[email protected]> : 6488 7771
URL http://www.icrar.org/events/eso-lecture
Start Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:45
End Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:15
Submitted by Kirsten Gottschalk <[email protected]>
Last Updated Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:17
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