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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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

... While "First Light" was achieved at the second 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope (UT2) ahead of schedule, UT1 produced its sharpest image so far. ... It had long been ESO's intention to provide "real" names to the four VLT Unit Telescopes, to replace the current, somewhat dry and technical designations as UT1 to UT4. ... The participants were left with the impression of mounting expectations, just four weeks before the first VLT Unit Telescope, Antu (UT1), will receive the first visiting astronomers. ...

... Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) are currently by far the most widely used type of detector in astronomy. ... After a brief introduction to the VLT Control System, the VLT CCD Detectors Control Software is presented. The VLT Control System is a distributed system consisting of a set of UNIX Workstations, dedicated to high level operations, such as coordination of sub-system activities and interface to the users, and VME-based Local Control Units (LCU), dedicated to the control of sub-systems hardware. ...

... The Hubble Space Telescope is jointly run as a partnership between the European Space Agency and NASA. ... For more information on the European contribution to the Hubble Space Telescope go to: http://hubble.esa.int and for more on the VLT go to: http://www.eso.org . ... A Taste of Real Astronomy ? The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises . ... The "ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series" has just been published, on the web and in print. ... The language for the ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series is English. ...

... VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope . ... 1.09.1996 . ... Credit: European Southern Observatory Explanation: What is the largest telescope in the world? ... But an even larger optical telescope is being built. ... The first of these telescopes should be completed in 1997, and all four should be completed and working together sometime in the year 2000. ... September 1996 . ... Publications with keywords: optical - VLT - telescope . Publications with words: optical - VLT - telescope . ...

... VLT - "Очень большой телескоп" состоит из 4-х телескопов диаметром 8.2м. Являются разработкой и реализацией ESO (European Southern Observatory) - межправительственной европейской организацией для проведения астрономических исследований. Каждый телескоп имеет свое имя и историю (UT1 - Antu, UT2 - Kueyen, UT3 - Melipal & UT4 - Yepun). ...

... 2003 January 27 . BHR 71: Stars, Clouds, and Jets . ... Explanation: What is happening to molecular cloud BHR 71? Quite possible, a binary star system is forming inside. Most stars in our Galaxy are part of binary star systems , but few have ever been seen in formation. Recent observations of dust -darkened Bok Globule BHR 71, however, show evidence for two young stars forming deep in the cloud, likely close enough to form a binary . ... About APOD | ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

... Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Paranal, Chile (VLT-UT1 Science Verification Program) and with the NASA/ESA HST, obtained at the STScI, which is operated by AURA, under NASA contract NAS5-26555. ... The object is detected in all images except the VLT U band and is one of the reddest known with B-K=9.7 0.5. ... 5 ) Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, U.S.A. 6 ) On assignment from the Space Science Department of the European Space Agency . ...

... ATNF Colloquium . ESO Observing Facilities . ... ESO's mission is to provide its astronomical community with worldwide competitive ground-based observing capabilities to probe the Universe from its first billion year to the present time. Today, ESO operates the La Silla Paranal Observatory (VLT, VLTI, APEX) and participates in the ALMA collaboration, providing some of the world's largest and most advanced observing facilities at three sites in Northern Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Le VLT sous la Lune . ... Alors que la Pleine Lune se couche sur le Very Large Telescope (VLT), au Chili, le Soleil est sur le point de se lever †а l'oppos†й. Cette photo a †йt†й r†йalis†йe par Gordon Gillet, un membre de l'†йquipe de l'Observatoire europ†йen austral (ESO...

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... 08-04-2010 15:04 Газета.ру . Наблюдения с помощью телескопа VLT Европейской южной обсерватории (ESO, находится в Чили) позволили ученым обнаружить, что на спутнике Нептуна Тритоне происходит смена времен года, несмотря на .. ... На Европейской Южной обсерватории (European Southern Observatory, ESO) при помощи Очень большого телескопа (Very Large Telescope, VLT) были получены подробные фотография галактики NGC 908 и некоторых других, достойных внимания, звездных островов.. ... Все ключевые слова . ...

The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is located at ESO s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This project will search for transiting exoplanets planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments. ... The very brilliant Moon appears in the center of the picture, and the VLT (left) and VISTA (right) domes are also visible on the horizon. ESO/G. Lambert ...

... Telescopes and Observatories . ... Have you ever heard of the European Southern Observatory ? ... When I first heard about the ESO, I thought it was similar to our very own Armagh Observatory and based in one place. ... It boasts a 3.5-metre тАЬNew Technology Telescope тАЭ which was the first telescope in the world to have a computer-controlled main mirror, a technology which was developed at the ESO and now applied to most of the world?s current large telescopes . ... Image credit: ESO) . ...

Общая Астрономическая Конференция > Форумы общей направленности > Непознанное, необъяснимое, загадочное . ESO . ... Поиск . Сообщения за день . ... kozhemyako . ... Сообщений: 314 . ... Телескоп VLT (Очень Большой Телескоп) Южной Европейской обсерватории (ESO): Объект Arp 261 (пекулярная галактика) оказался парой взаимодействующих галактик, расположенных в 70 миллионах световых лет от Земли в созвездии Весов, которые, фактически, уже 'вошли' одна в другую. русскоязычный ресурс: . ...

О ПЛАНЕТАРИИ . ... ПРЕСС-ЦЕНТР . ... Главная / ПРЕСС-ЦЕНТР / Фото-релиз Европейской южной обсерватории (ESO) . ... Это цветное газовое облако, называемое RCW 34, -- область звездообразования в южном созвездии Парусов. ... Однако, в молодой области звездообразования RCW 34 есть кое-что, заслуживающее большего внимания, чем пара газовых пузырьков, по всей видимости, здесь в объеме одного и того же облака произошли множественные эпизоды рождения звезд. ... Полет к облаку RCW 34 колыбели звезд . ...

Home . ... Observing . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... VISTA at sunset. image vista_at_sunrise.jpg . Credit: VISTA . VISTA and VLT: Aerial view of Paranal, home of the VLT, with VISTA in the foreground. image: 01_Aerial-View.jpg . ... VISTA Enclosure - Exterior view . image: 02_VISTA-Enclosure-2362x1772.jpg . ... The vista from VISTA: Looking out of the VISTA enclosure observing slit in daytime. image: 07_the-vista-from-VISTA.jpg . ... Image: phot-15j-00-hires.jpg . ... ESO ][ VISTA Home ] ...

... Научная панорама ? astro-ph/0610906 Отчет рабочей группы ESA-ESO по фундаментальной космологии . ... обзор astro-ph/0610906 Отчет рабочей группы ESA-ESO по фундаментальной космологии (Report by the ESA-ESO Working Group on Fundamental Cosmology) . ... Разумеется, не обойдены внимание будущие крупные проекты в наблюдательной космологии. http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/143.html#astro-ph/0610906 . ... Рабочие группы ESO это собрание профессионалов в своей области. ...

... Astronomy news . ... Double Engine Fuels Star's Remarkable Nebula . ESO has just released a stunning new image of a field of stars towards the constellation of Carina (the Keel). ... Interactions in this double system, surrounded by a dusty disc, may be the engine fuelling the star s remarkable nebula. The new image, showing a very rich field of stars towards the Carina arm of the Milky Way, is centred on the star HD 87643, a member of the exotic class of B[e] stars [1]. ...