page_title: ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: On 26 April 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium &amp; Visitor Centre was officially inaugurated, and its doors are open to the public from 28 April 2018. The centre, located at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany, is a magnificent showcase of astronomy. It provides visitors with an immersive experience of astronomy in general, along with ESO-specific scientific results, projects, and technological breakthroughs. This spectacular evening picture, taken a few days before the opening, shows a conjunction of the planet Venus and the young crescent Moon in the background.
context_page_description: The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is an astronomy centre located at the site of the European Southern Observatory Headquarters in Garching bei München. It offers exhibitions, guided tours and planetarium shows that feature observations made by the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory.
  The ESO Supernova is a non-profit educational facility which receives no state funding other than through ESO’s normal operating budget. Entrance to the centre and all activities are free of charge throughout 2018. From 2019, tickets will be sold for activities like planetarium shows, tours and events. The entrance to the exhibition and all educational activities will remain free.
context_section_description: The visitor centre was designed by the architects Bernhardt + Partner, that already designed the Haus der Astronomie, a centre for astronomy education and outreach.
  The design of the ESO Supernova resembles that of a close double-star system with one star transferring mass to its companion. This set-up will ultimately lead to the heavier component exploding as a supernova, briefly becoming as bright as the light of all the stars in the Milky Way combined.
caption: ESO Supernova building.[4]
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