Croatia

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER Croatia has been a Member since the Council was established in 2025. REPRESENTING ENTITY Ministry of Science, Education and Youth

Poland

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER Poland has been a Member of the CTAO ERIC Council since it was established in 2025. REPRESENTING ENTITY The Ministry of Science and Higher Education

France

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER France has been a Member since the Council was established in 2025. REPRESENTING ENTITY Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Austria

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER Austria has been a Member since the Council was established in 2025. REPRESENTING ENTITY Federal MInistry of Education, Science and Research

Switzerland

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER Switzerland has been a Founding Member of the CTAO ERIC Council since 2025. REPRESENTING ENTITY State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

Spain

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER Spain has been a Member of the CTAO ERIC Council since it was established in 2025 and is the host of the CTAO-North site at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias’ Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. REPRESENTING ENTITY Ministry of Science, … Continued

Slovenia

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER Slovenia has been a Member of the CTAO ERIC Council since it was established in 2025. REPRESENTING ENTITY Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation

Canary Islands (Spain)

CTAO FACILITY SITE The CTAO’s northern hemisphere array, CTAO-North, is located at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias’ Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. PARTNER INSTITUTE Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

Chile

CTAO ERIC COUNCIL MEMBER AND FACILITY LOCATION The European Southern Observatory (ESO), with its headquarters in Munich, Germany, has been a Founding Member since the Council was established in 2025 and is the hosting partner for the CTAO-South site, which is located near the Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.