Free Astronomy Magazine March-April 2019
50 MARCH-APRIL 2019 SPACE CHRONICLES A particular highlight of the ESO Su- pernova’s open-source material is the permanent exhibition in the ESO Su- pernova — The Living Universe — which covers the topic of life in the Universe in the broadest sense. It connects visitors with astronomical topics by focusing on the human- Universe connection and how we ob- serve the Universe —with an empha- sis on ESO facilities. The text and im- ages of the panels, wall images, floor prints and touch-screens making up this 2200 m 2 exhibition are freely available (for information: https://su- pernova.eso.org/ ). The panels, de- signed and laid out by design und mehr, can be enjoyed either on the webpage as HTML-content, as PDF- files, or even as InDesign files, which allow for the panels to be adapted for any required purpose. They answer different astronomical questions on three different levels: very briefly at an infotainment level, more deeply at an educational level, and in an easy way, dedicated T he ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre features a state-of-the-art digital planetarium. All material produced for the visitor centre is released under Creative Commons and can be reused by other plan- etariums, science centres and museums all over the world. [ESO/P. Horálek]
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