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Escape the Summer Heat with our Cool Planetarium Programme
Planetarium shows for July to September now bookable
31 May 2023
As summer sets in, we are lining-up our planetarium shows for the months of July to September. If you are looking to escape the season’s heat and occasional rains or just coming to Munich for holidays, make sure to drop by the ESO Supernova and immerse yourself in the cool wonders of the Cosmos, where temperatures can approach absolute zero.
Tickets can now be booked for our English or German shows and there are a variety of options to select from.
Bring your little ones along to Captain Snoop's Space Trip, as this space dog visits the planets of our own solar system in its hyper-intelligent spaceship, Argo.
For families seeking a longer voyage, Beyond the Sun will take you on a captivating quest to discover exoplanets.
If you are wondering if extraterrestrial life could be encountered along the way, Distant worlds - alien life? has the answer. Delve into humanity's unending pursuit of encountering extraordinary and unfamiliar forms of life in the enigmatic realms of the cosmos.
While we wait for those first signs of life, Unseen Universe has a lot to show us. Explore the Universe far beyond our human senses thanks to cutting-edge technology.
Or, stay closer to home and discover how satellite technology affects our daily lives in the beautifully animated Satelix.
Each planetarium show booking brings you a free visit to our astronomy exhibition, The Living Universe.
Keep your eyes open for two new shows which will be added to our programme soon. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to our newsletter to learn more.
More information
The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is a cutting-edge astronomy centre for the public and an educational facility, located at the site of the ESO Headquarters in Garching bei München. The centre hosts a digital planetarium with a tilted, 360-degree dome, 14 metres in diameter, and an interactive exhibition, sharing the fascinating world of astronomy and ESO to inspire coming generations to appreciate and understand the Universe around us. All content is provided in English and German. Entrance to the exhibition is free. For planetarium shows, guided tours and other activities, visitors need to book and pay for their tickets online. For more details visit: supernova.eso.org
The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is a cooperation between the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). The building is a donation from the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS), a German foundation, and ESO runs the facility.
ESO Supernova is proudly supported by: LOR Foundation, Evans & Sutherland and Sky-Skan.
KTS
The Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS) was created in 1995 by the physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015). It is one of Europe’s largest privately funded non-profit foundations. The Foundation promotes the advancement of the natural sciences, mathematics, and computer science, and strives to raise appreciation for these fields. The Foundation’s commitment begins in kindergarten and continues in schools, universities, and research facilities. The Foundation champions new methods of scientific knowledge transfer, and supports both development and intelligible presentation of research findings.
HITS
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS gGmbH) was established in 2010 by the physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015) and the Klaus Tschira Foundation as a private, non-profit research institute. HITS conducts basic research in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, with a focus on processing, structuring, and analysing large amounts of data. The research fields range from molecular biology to astrophysics. The shareholders of HITS are the HITS Stiftung, which is a subsidiary of the Klaus Tschira Foundation, Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). HITS also cooperates with other universities and research institutes and with industrial partners. The base funding of HITS is provided by the HITS Stiftung with funds received from the Klaus Tschira Foundation. The primary external funding agencies are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the European Union.
ESO
ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world’s most productive ground-based astronomical observatory by far. It has 16 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, along with the host state of Chile and with Australia as a Strategic Partner. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope and its world-leading Very Large Telescope Interferometer as well as two survey telescopes, VISTA working in the infrared and the visible-light VLT Survey Telescope. Also at Paranal ESO will host and operate the Cherenkov Telescope Array South, the world’s largest and most sensitive gamma-ray observatory. ESO is also a major partner in two facilities on Chajnantor, APEX and ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. And on Cerro Armazones, close to Paranal, ESO is building the 39-metre Extremely Large Telescope, the ELT, which will become “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”.
Links
- ESO Supernova website
- ESO Supernova planetarium programme
- Plan your visit
- Donate to the ESO Supernova
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
- Follow us on Instagram
Contacts
ESO Supernova Planetarium & Besucherzentrum
Garching b. München, Deutschland
Tel: +49 89 320 06 900
Email: supernova@eso.org
