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Around the World in 80 Telescopes
Live 24-hour webcast from astronomical observatories
Organised by ESO, the European Southern Observatory, from its HQ in Garching, Germany
Date: 3 April 2009, 09:00 UT (Universal Time/GMT) to 4 April 2009, 09:00 UT (Universal Time/GMT).
Duration: 24 hours
"Around the World in 80 Telescopes" is a unique live 24-hour webcast, following night and day around the globe to some of the most advanced observatories both on and off the planet. You can watch it right here on the 100HA website, and on the 100HA channel on Ustream.tv.
Find out what's happening at a research observatory in your country, or on the other side of the planet, and discover what astronomers are doing right now! Who is observing? What are they researching? What do they hope to discover?
You'll see a snapshot of life at many different observatories where astronomers will present exclusive images and talk about their work. Some will be observing distant galaxies, searching for extrasolar planets around other stars or studying our own Solar System. Some will be studying the Universe in visible light, others in radio waves or other wavelengths. Some may be working at solar observatories or with telescopes out in space. All of them will have a different story to tell.
Questions?
Check out the "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" FAQ.
Get in touch!
Got a question (astronomical or about the webcast) for the "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" team, or just want to tell us where and when you'll be watching? Send us email to
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and we'll read out as many as we can during the webcast. You can also contact some observatories directly: check out their individual pages from the schedule below.
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See the world map of observatory sites
| Link |
Observatory |
| Video |
Preview - ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) (Chile) |
| Video |
Gemini North telescope (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
W. M. Keck Observatory (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
Submillimeter Array (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) (Hawaii, USA) |
| Video |
MOA Telescope (New Zealand) |
| Video |
Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) (Australia) |
| Video |
GEO600, the German-British Gravitational Wave Detector (Germany) |
| Video |
NAOJ Nobeyama, Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) (Japan) |
| Video |
Gunma Astronomical Observatory (Japan) |
| Video |
Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (OAO) (Japan) |
| Video |
Themis (Observatorio del Teide) (Spain) |
| Video |
SolarLab (Observatorio del Teide) (Spain) |
| Video |
Quijote (Observatorio del Teide) (Spain) |
| Video |
ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory & INTEGRAL gamma-ray observatory (Space) |
| Video |
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) (Chile) |
| Video |
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) (Chile) |
| Video |
European VLBI Network (EVN) (Netherlands) |
| Video |
ASTRON Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) (Netherlands) |
| Video |
LOFAR, the LOW Frequency Array of ASTRON (Netherlands) |
| Video |
Virgo Gravitational Wave Detector at the European Gravitational Observatory (Italy) |
| Video |
Plateau de Bure Interferometer (France) |
| Video |
The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory (United Kingdom) |
| Video |
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (Space) |
| Video |
The Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer (Space) |
| Video |
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Space) |
| Video |
The Very Large Array (VLA) (USA) |
| Video |
Himalayan Chandra Telescope (Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle) (India) |
| Video |
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (USA) |
| Video |
SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer) (Space) |
| Video |
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) (Space) |
| Video |
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) (USA) |
| Video |
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) (Space) |
| Video |
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (Space) |
| Video |
The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) (South Africa) |
| Video |
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (Space) |
| Video |
Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France) |
| Video |
Calar Alto Observatory (Centro Astronómico Hispano Alemán) (Spain) |
| Video |
IRAM 30-metre telescope (Spain) |
| Video |
Hinode (SOLAR-B) (Space) |
| Video |
Gran Telescopio Canarias (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma) (Spain) |
| Video |
William Herschel Telescope (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma) (Spain) |
| Video |
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma) (Spain) |
| Video |
Swedish Solar Telescope (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma) (Spain) |
| Video |
Allen Telescope Array (USA) |
| Video |
Telescope Bernard Lyot (TBL), Pic du Midi (France) |
| Video |
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility - Parkes Observatory (Australia) |
| Video |
Space Sciences Laboratory - UC Berkeley (Space) |
| Video |
University of Tasmania Hobart 26m Radiotelescope (Mount Pleasant Observatory) (Australia) |
| Video |
Australian International Gravitational Wave Observatory (AIGO) Research Facility (Australia) |
| Video |
Shanghai Radio Telescope (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) (China) |
| Video |
Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) |
| Video |
ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) (Chile) |
| Video |
Concordia station, Dome C, Antarctica (Antarctica) |
| Video |
Las Campanas Observatory (Chile) |
| Video |
ESO La Silla Observatory (Chile) |
| Video |
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory (Canada) |
| Video |
Gemini South telescope (Chile) |
| Video |
NOAO South - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile) |
| Video |
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (Australia) |
| Video |
McDonald Observatory (Hobby-Eberly Telescope) (USA) |
| Video |
Apache Point Observatory ARC 3.5-meter Telescope (USA) |
| Video |
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (USA) |
| Video |
TAMA 300 (Japan) |
| Video |
Arizona Radio Observatory's Submillimeter Telescope, Mt Graham (USA) |
| Video |
Vatican Telescope, Mt Graham (USA) |
| Video |
MMT Observatory (USA) |
| Video |
Kepler Mission (Space) |
| Video |
The 10-meter South Pole Telescope/IceCube Neutrino Telescope (South Pole, Antarcti) |
| Video |
Kitt Peak National Observatory (USA) |
| Video |
Lick Observatory (USA) |
| Video |
CHARA (Mount Wilson) (USA) |
| Video |
Palomar Observatory / Hale Telescope (USA) |
Contact: Douglas Pierce-Price, dpiercep@eso.org
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" are those of the speakers and/or authors, and do not necessarily reflect the position of ESO, the International Year of Astronomy 2009, International Astronomical Union, UNESCO or other organisations involved in this project.
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