... 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... We report here on extragalactic large-scale structures uncovered by a deep optical survey for galaxies behind the southern Milky Way. ... The innermost part of the Milky Way where the foreground obscuration in the blue is , respectively HI-column densities remains fully opaque. ... Keywords: galaxies: distances and redshifts - large-scale structure of Universe - surveys . ... A Deep Optical Galaxy Search in the Southern ZOA . HI-Observations of Obscured Galaxies at Parkes . ...

Arecibo and High Resolution Astronomy . ... Future of HI Astronomy at Arecibo . Future of Radar Astronomy at Arecibo . High Sensitivity VLBI: Neutron Star Astrometry with Arecibo . ... Probing fundamental constant evolution with the Arecibo Telescope . Prospects for future surveys in astronomy . ... Mapping the Future of VLBI Science in the U.S. OH Megamasers, ULIRGs, and Magnetic Fields . ... Radio Synoptic Survey Telescope (RSST) . ... VLBI Plans at Arecibo in the Near Term . ...

... Telescopes . ... The time requests are accepted in an electronic version with on-line form in Russian or English. ... Unregistered request will be disregarded by the Large Telescopes Programm Committee. In exclusive cases the secreatry of the Committee is entitled to accept an observational time request given permission of the Chairman of the Committee or the director of the SAO RAS. The Program Committee considers generally one time request submitted by the principal applicant. ...

... We have made observations of the Perseus cluster with the Westerbork Telescope at 610 MHz. ... Several newly detected sources are identified with cluster galaxies. ... No evidence is found for the existence of the previously reported ~ 65'x25' cluster halo, 3C 84B. Key words: radio galaxies - clusters - tailed radio sources buoyancy The Perseus Cluster of galaxies is one of the most fascinating systems accessible to extragalactic astronomers. ...

... Астронет | ... Сириус, Солнце, Луна и Южный Крест . ... Авторы и права: European Southern Observatory (ESO) Пояснение: Слева направо представлены башни Yepun ( ye-poon ; Сириус ), Antu ( an-too ; Солнце ), Kueyen ( qua-yen ; Луна ) и Melipal ( me-li-pal ; Южный Крест ), изображенные на фоне ночного заката в Паранальской обсерватории на севере Чили. ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: Moon - Sun - VLT - Sirius - Southern Cross - Солнце - Сириус - ESO - telescope . ... От Северного до Южного Креста . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2008 February 16 . Large Binocular Telescope . ... The imposing structure in the foreground houses the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), on Mount Graham, Arizona. ... An international collaboration operates the LBT Observatory . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... VSA . ... CAT . ... The Very Small Array is a custom-built radio telescope (operating between 26-36 GHz), designed expressly to make high resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales around and below one degree. ... The VSA has been operated in ?compact array? and ?extended array? configurations (see the technical description below) and data collected to achieve high sensitivity in both regimes have been analysed. ... 1.75 GHz)...

... Innovative Designs for the Next Large Aperture UV/Optical Telescope . ... The NHST Working Group held a workshop on April 10-11, 2003 to discuss mission concepts, designs and instrumentation for a potential large aperture (4-10m) telescope operating at UV/optical (UVO) wavelengths. ... Potential missions to address these science themes included (but were not limited to): 1. 4 to 10-m-class visible coronagraphic telescopes with the primary science of planet detection and characterization. ...

On April 27 the large sunspot in Active Region 8970 was observed using the Adaptive Optics system at the Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope at La Palma. ... It showed to give a significant improvement of the image quality under less favorable conditions. Click on the image to get a high resolution version. ... The data cube is cut in three pieces to get manageable file sizes, you can glue them together to restore the whole 108 images cube. gband_ao.01_36.cube.fits 36.5 Mb: image 1 - 36 . ...

... The British consortium, currently led by Professor Gordon Bromage of the University of Central Lancashire , includes the Universities of Keele , Nottingham and Southampton , the Open University and Armagh Observatory and will be joining the other partners in the SALT project, from South Africa, Poland, Germany, USA and New Zealand. ... SALT Dome . ... The SALT project is managed by a team based at the SALT Headquarters at Sutherland and South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town. ...