Free Astronomy Magazine March-April 2019

51 MARCH-APRIL 2019 SPACE CHRONICLES to kids. Every panel features high- resolution, stunning images and easy to understand graphics. Aside from the panels, the new on- line archive also contains more than 100 kiosk applications, which deliver interactive and non-interactive con- tent on different astronomical top- ics in depth. Like the panels, these apps are all bilingual. The apps will be updated regularly, in order to add new content and to reflect the latest astronomical research. The apps work on any Internet-enabled computer running a full-screen Chrome browser, but are optimised to be seen on a screen with a format of 16:9 (e.g. 1920×1080 pixels). Both those interested in astronomy and professionals working in science centres can also browse the exten- sive database of high-resolution, high-quality astronomical images and videos which were gathered for the ESO Supernova. These archives feature stunning astronomical im- ages collected by telescopes all over the world, educational video-clips, easy to understand graphics ex- plaining astronomical phenomena, artists’ impressions and stunning views of the night sky. This archive comes in addition to the existing database of images and videos on the ESO main webpage. The videos in ESO’s archive also in- clude 360×180 degree immersive ex- perience movies that can be used with virtual reality (VR) glasses, such as Zeiss VR One, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Google Cardboard. A third image and video archive is available on the ESA/Hubble webpage, which is also operated by ESO. All of the material can be reused under Cre- ative Commons 4.0 licenses. In addition to this range of eye- catching material, ESO also shares a music archive containing almost 500 free music tracks composed by ESO Music Ambassadors, including Jennifer Galatis, Johan B. Monell, tonelabs, John Dyson, STAN DART and Steve Buick. Also available are 3D models of everything from ESO telescopes to orbits of stars within the Milky Way. ESO has already released stunning visual materials for planetariums, and continues to add to the re- sources available online. Among the freely available material, two full-length shows can be found: Eu- rope to the Stars and The Sun, Our Living Star. As the Supernova con- tinues to captivate audiences, ESO will continue to develop materials and assets for the public communi- cation of astronomy. ! T his time-lapse sequence shows the Sun setting behind the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. The bright celestial object visible after sunset near the centre is Venus. [ESO, P. Horálek]