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The building is a donation from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411011402/http://www.klaus-tschira-stiftung.de/">Klaus Tschira Stiftung</a> (KTS), a German foundation, and ESO runs the facility.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411011402/http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48%C2%B015%2736.90%22N+11%C2%B040%2715.16%22E&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.224734,79.013672&vpsrc=0&t=h&z=16"> <h4>ESO</h4> Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748<br/> Garching bei München, Germany </a> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <script type="text/javascript">var MEDIA_URL = "/static/"</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20210411011402js_/https://supernova.eso.org/static/djp/js/base.8a4682dc5fad.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <script> </script>  <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//web.archive.org/web/20210411011402/https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-1965004-11', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </body> </html>

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