The European Southern Observatory, or ESO, enterprise, European, for research Astronomy in the southern hemisphere.

among the this organization can be used to discover tens of planets outside of the solar system cited.

This agency that in the year 1340 (1962), which established the ... the latest technology and research facilities to astronomers and Astrophysics don, the security and does not by Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal. Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom supported. Several other countries also to join this organization expressed interest in the abundant have.

branch of the central ESO-contained unit of scientific research and technical and office Center in near Munich, Germany, is located. Unit operational ESO located in the center of San Diego includes three sites work is that in chilón the desert of Atacama, have come together. The first center , which is 600 kilometers, and at altitudes 2400 yards north of San Diego is located, and the operations required ESO with multiple Telescope optical big performs. Also, the second center, which in ., the 2600-meter high mountain south of Antofagasta, located and have been equipped with a telescope, the very large with the name of the VLT can be. This set includes two telescopes (VISTA) direction of the mapping, and an interference detector (VST) can be. The third site in the 5000-meter Heights Leno in , etc. near San Pedro in the Atacama is. Where a telescope small mm new APEX in a similar function with the make-up of the massive antenna, 12 yards, small mm (ALMA) is a collaboration with North America, East Asia and Chile, the building is being made . ESO has repeatedly in reviews of telescopes, optical big swallow red with the E-ELT also has used.

the status of stock the members of the ESO, something about 120 million euro which is annually 600 employees from afar, and around the hire does.

ESO is a member of the company's non-Joint Stock of the seven research organization State (EIROforum)in Europe, which searches the stem in the world are doing.