... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... As we close in on part of the small constellation of Corona Australis we start to see faint clouds and in the final part of the video the full glory of the dramatic star formation region NGC 6729 is revealed in a new image from the FORS1 instrument on ESOтАЩs Very Large Telescope. ...

. Cambridge . MRAO . Bojan Nikolic web pages home . Next: Memo on inference of phase correction coefficients... Previous: My talk at JAO/ALMA FP6 Enhancement meeting... | . For the next two weeks I'm in Chile visiting the ALMA offices in Santiago as well as the ALMA site itself where we will be doing some experiments with the ALMA Water Vapour Radiometers. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. blog comments powered by Disqus . Copyright 2012, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome

STScI . HST . ... Home . ... Data . ... Press Releases . ... NEW 12/14/2010 - WFPC2 ISR 2010-05: "WFPC2 Filters After 16 Years on Orbit" has been released. NEW 12/1/2010 - WFPC2 ISR 2010-04: "The Dependence of WFPC2 Charge Transfer Efficiency on Background Illumination" has been released. ... NEW 8/13/2010 - WFPC2 ISR 2010-03: "WFPC2 CTE for Extended Sources: I. Photometric Correction" has been released. ... NEW 6/24/2010 - WFPC2 ISR 2010-01: "WFPC2 Standard Star CTE" has been released. ...

An optional visit to the ALMA Telescope following the workshop is planned for participants, leaving Santiago de Chile on the afternoon of Friday, April 11 and returning to Santiago on Sunday, April 13. ... From the ALMA website: . ... Participants wishing to visit ALMA on April 12 will need to: Purchase a Santiago de Chile (Code:SCL) to Calama (Code:CJC) airline ticket from LAN Chile, leaving on Friday, April 11. ... LAN 346 (leaves Santiago 3:35 PM ; arrives in Calama 5:45 PM . ...

... Comet 17P/Holmes 26 October 2007/ 1200mm/8mm/150X/ Watercolor / Pastels/ Conte barlows. ... First I looked in my 15X70 binos, and I could see a halo around the comet, a very different view to October 24th, I reckoned this had brightned to around Mag 2. ... I am thinking up new ways of getting this comet, it is a challenge to sketch as it has so many properties to deal with. ... To see more of Deirdre's sketches of the comet visit this page . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS-RELEASE . ... to S.P. Korolev RSC Energia . A delegation from the House of Representatives of the US Congress headed by Congressman James Walsh has visited this afternoon S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. ... Congressmen, in the person of J. Walsh, expressed a high opinion of the progress of work on ISS in Russia with the prime role of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, and noted the highest level of professionalism of the company's employees. ...

... General information . ... Staff . Research staff . Technical, administrative & librarian staff . ... Staff in alphabetic order . Research . ... Infrared astronomy . ... Technical reports . ... Information . ... Historical highlights . Historical research . ... Friends of Arcetri . ... The visits are two hours long and will take place even in the case of bad weather; they are conducted by Astronomers of Arcetri with the collaboration of the Technical and Administrative staff of Arcetri. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . An ALMA Telescope Array Time Lapse . ... The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project consists of 66 dishes, many the size of a small house, situated in the high altitude Atacama Desert in Northern Chile . Together, ALMA observes the skies in high-frequency radio light, a band usually used only for local communication due to considerable absorption by humid air. ... The above time-lapse video shows the course of four ALMA antennas over one night. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... Space Flight . ... When Galaxies Collide (Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO). Visible light image: the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope) . In the southern sky constellation of Corvus (the Crow), we see the Antennae Galaxies (alias NGC 4038 and 4039). ... Your email address will not be published. ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

. Pulkovo Observatory . Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 .

... 2014 May 26 . An ALMA Telescope Array Time-Lapse . Video Credit: ESO , JosИ Francisco Salgado , NRAO ; Music: Flying Free ( Jingle Punks ) . ... The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project consists of 66 dishes, many the size of a small house, situated in the high altitude Atacama Desert in Northern Chile . ... The above time-lapse video shows the course of four ALMA antennas over one night. ... Best space images: Free APOD Lecture in Paris on June 17 . ... About APOD | ...

... Survey processing . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... 21/12/2009 Release of Science Verification Data . ... 11/12/2009 Press release about VISTA (Text, Images and Videos) . The ESO press release is at www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-49-09.html . ... 10/12/2009 15:00+ Ownerhsip of VISTA accepted by ESO from STFC (UK Goverenment representative) . ... 15/10/2009 Science Verification period started (see 21/12/9 for release) . ... 17/04/2008 Press releases om M1 from ESO , STFC and QMUL . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... Star Atlas . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... The cool clouds of Carina . The APEX telescope provides a new view of star formation in the Craina Nebula, where interactions occur between young stars and their parent molecular clouds. ... Observations made with the APEX telescope in submillimeter-wavelength light reveal the cold, dusty clouds from which stars form in the Carina Nebula. ...

... October 6, 09:00 09:40 . Jorge Melnick (ESO) . ... We present a statistical and temporal analysis of the ground meteorological properties recorded at the five selected sites for hosting the European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT). ... Marc Sarazin (ESO) . The organization and development of the E-ELT site testing campaign by ESO are described. ... The E-ELT Site Testing activities in northern Chile and Argentina are reviewed, and pioneering explorative campaigns are illustrated. ...

Below is the sample image and caption given out at the AAS meeting. ... Dark, sinuous clouds of cold hydrogen gas reveal themselves as shadows against the glow of warmer, brighter clouds in the background. ... This image, made with radio telescopes at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near Penticton, British Columbia, was presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, TX on January 8, 1999. PHOTO CREDIT: Steven Gibson and Russ Taylor of the University of Calgary. ...

... Archives . ... Quote of the Week, May 29, 2007 . ... John Rice is visiting IIC. The meeting and his talk is scheduled on Friday, June 8, at 11:30am (room 403 at 60 Oxford St.). ... Added] Another meeting is scheduled at the stat dept. located in Science Center, 4-6pm, Wednesday (June 6th). Tags: gamma-ray pulsar , IIC , John Rice , periodicity . ... Book] The Elements of Statistical Learning, 2nd Ed. mini-Workshop on Computational AstroStatistics [announcement] . ... Chandra Blog . ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... Space camp . ... Lunch . ... Dinner . ... Free time . ... Breakfast . ... History of the cosmonautics development" - lecture and video film . ... Lecture on Manned Space Vehicles Control . ... Astro-navigational training - Practical session in the planetarium and in the ютля (Astro-Navigational Function Simulating Stand) . ... Training on Space Flight Factors (Vestibular training, hemodynamics, swings, altitude chamber) - Familiarization session . ...

... Outreach . ... Upcoming Events . ... 7:30pm on 19 August 2008 . The primary school students hosted by Brad, Emma and Adi, saw 3D movies and due to heavy cloud cover, were given a naked eye tour of the night sky. It is always amazing to see the kinds of questions are asked by the kids. Unlike adults they don't hold back and often their questions are often the very question astronomers are trying to solve today. ... Volunteers: Adi, Brad & Emma . Copyright 2007 Emma Kirby. ...

... Photos . Clouds from the obsevatory of Lyon . ... Philippe . Mina . ... Lyon . Mina Igor . ... Montblanc from the airplane . ...