We are open again!
Lasers| Light| Life
fter the five-month closure of the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre on the Garching research campus due to Covid-19, we are pleased to announce that our exhibition Lasers | Light | Life (on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the development of the laser) will be reopened on 5th August and extended until 1st November 2020! You, your family and friends will now have the opportunity again to learn about the fascinating world of laser technology and research.
Since the current Covid-19 measures for your own safety allow only a limited number of visitors in the whole building, an online reservation for free tickets is inevitable at this point in time and therefore mandatory. Reservations can be made via the link below (we recommend you to plan possible alternative dates for your visit in advance in case that there are no more available tickets on the date you wish to visit):
supernova.eso.org/programme/calendar/category/tours/
Please also note the slightly changed opening hours, which we have updated accordingly on our website under the section " Contact"!
Special precautions apply to our exhibition:
- For the visiting tour, a one-way route system now applies.
- A minimum distance of 2 metres must be maintained during the visit. Appropriate stickers on the floor make it easier for you to comply with this.
- The laser harp may currently only be operated by one household at a time. Please also note the separate entrance and exit to the room.
- Possibly there may be waiting times or short-term access restrictions. For your own safety, we ask for your understanding and recommend that you allow sufficient time for your visit.
You can find out about the current security measures of ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre here:
supernova.eso.org/visit/restrictions/
We are happy to welcome you again and have already missed you! And the most important thing at this point: Stay healthy!
Welcome to Photonworld – a platform for knowledge, interesting facts and science on the topic of light. Photonworld aims to provide a basic understanding of the physics of light and its countless phenomena. From medicine, to art and physics: all topics are covered.
Photonworld originated as an initiative of the excellence cluster the Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics (MAP) and the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (LAP) at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ).
The initiator of the project is Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz, Chair of Experimental Physics at the LMU and Director of the MPQ.
Photonworld’s Student Zone reports directly out of the PhotonLab, which is supported by the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) and the DFG Research Unit FOR 2783. At the PhotonLab, schoolteachers and students can find up-to-date information about experiments and goings-on at the lab, and plan their own visit to the laboratory.
