... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Astronomy Today and the Role Played by the Hubble Space Telescope: Wednesday 17 September 2008 . ... The Fascinating Universe: Monday 29 September 2008 . The South Dublin Astronomical Society (SDAS) meet again on Thursday September 11th at 8pm in Gonzaga college, Ranelagh.The main subject of discussion will be the total Solar Eclipse of 01 August as experienced from China. ... Tuesday, 9 September 2008 23:02 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... 2006 September 4 . The Large Magellanic Cloud in Infrared . ... To help find out, a team of researchers took the most detailed image ever of gas clouds and dust in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy. ... Visible are vast clouds of gas and dust , showing in graphic detail that dust prefers regions near young stars (red-tinted bright clouds), scattered unevenly between the stars (green-tinted clouds), and in shells around old stars (small red dots). ... About APOD | ...

... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... large (8 inches or larger) . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Beefing Up the International Space Station . ... The International Space Station (ISS) will be the largest human-made object ever to orbit the Earth. ... Night and Day in Melas Chasma on Mars . ... IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula . ... During a total solar eclipse, the Sun's extensive outer atmosphere or corona is an awesome and inspirational sight. ... The International Space Station Expands Yet Again . ... The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance yet again. ...

... The conference will hold at the Poncelet Laboratory . ... The nearest metro station: Smolenskaya (metro line 3, dark blue), 5 minutes by walk . ... The nearest metro station: Pervomayskaya (metro line 3, dark blue), 5 minutes by walk . This is the direct metro connection to "Smolenskaya", the door-to-door way is around half an hour. ... Metro is the fastest transport in Moscow (here is the metro plan ). ... There are a lot of exchange offices where you can exchange euro to rubles. ...

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... 2000 September 25 . AR 9169: A Large Sunspot . ... Explanation: One of the largest sunspots in recent years is now crossing our Sun . Dominating active region AR 9169 , the sunspot is the large dark complex visible below (west) and right of center in the above photograph of our Sun taken last Thursday. ... AR 9169 holds the largest sunspot yet produced during this Solar Maximum , the time of greatest sunspot activity during the Sun's 11-year magnetic cycle . ... About APOD | ...

... Short reports. ... For the countries, starting their activity at the International Astronomy Olympiad (see the Supplementary Instructions N 3 ), the requirements for the short report are not strong. ... According to the information above the regular deadline for receiving the short reports of Nationals Olympiads of the current year (with a set of all problems used on the National Olympiads) is defined as 13 plus 5 = 18 weeks before the Olympiad: July 04 , 2009. ... Personal data for visas. ...

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