ESO
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research. It has ten member countries. ESO operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
VISTA will be constructed at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory in Northern Chile and will become an ESO facility, operated by them for the purpose of carrying out imaging surveys.
The formal contacts between the VISTA Project Office (VPO) and ESO is with:
Dr Martin Cullum / Roberto Tamai
The ESO web site is: www.eso.org