Outreach Activities
Outreach activities are carried out by the ESO education and Public Outreach Department (ePOD). These activities include a wide range of programs and products that aim to meet the specific requirements of media, science communicators and the general public, such as press releases, images, videos, as well as high-quality printed material. Events such as the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) (with IAU and UNESCO), VLT First Light, Astronomy On-line, and the S-L 9 impact, have come out of the Department. ePOD also organises exhibitions and educational campaigns (Venus Transit, Science on Stage and Science in School are past examples).
A large collection of photos and videos can be found in the ESO's Public Image Gallery and ESO's Video Library]. A series of products from educational material to press kits can be downloaded for free from the ePOD website] or ordered in "physical form".
As part of the Department, European outreach for the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides comprehensive information about this telescope and its scientific discoveries. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Press Office is also hosted as part of ePOD.
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