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ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

Ein Team von Astronomen, darunter Eva Schinnerer vom Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, hat neue Beobachtungen von nahen Galaxien veröffentlicht, die einem bunten kosmischen Feuerwerk gleichen. Die Bilder, die mit dem Very Large Telescope (VLT) der Europäischen Südsternwarte (ESO) aufgenommen wurden, zeigen verschiedene Komponenten der Galaxien in unterschiedlichen Farben. Dieser neue Datensatz ermöglicht es den Astronomen, die Positionen junger Sterne und das Gas, das sie umgibt, genau z...

Share A 2008 Astronet road map called for the Extremely Large Telescope. Some astronomers are upset by the group’s latest effort. ESO ‘Something went wrong.’ Some astronomers feel left out of European road map May. 11, 2021 , 2:40 PM For more than 1 year, Astronet, a group of more than 50 astronomers, has labored to draw up priorities for the next 2 decades of European astronomy. A partial draft plan, released in February, lists the field’s most pressing scientific questions, su...

Toptica Projects delivers first Guide Star laser to Extremely Large Telescope 10 May 2021 Fulfilling a 2017 contract with European Southern Observatory for the ELT, which could use up to eight guide star lasers. With a tight schedule for the delivery of the remaining lasers (ELT could eventually use up to eight guide star lasers) and “first light” for the telescope itself expected in the second half of the 2020s, ESO seems to be leading the race for the next-generation super telesco...

The age of Big Glass is far from over. While radio astronomy and space telescopes are all the rage in the 21st century, ground-based optical instruments still do cutting-edge science. And once it goes online, the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope, under construction at 10,000 feet atop Cerro Armazones in the Chilean Andes, will give astronomers a 39-meter — that’s nearly 128 feet — mirror to study black holes, take measurements of the universe’s ...

Edinburgh project aims to make city global hub for astrophotonics 08 Feb 2021 Heriot-Watt and UK Astronomy Technology Centre win funding to develop city’s space capabilities. Heriot-Watt is leading a new consortium, which includes partners from the UKATC, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, and the University of Arizona. The project has received over £890,000 ($1.2 million) in funding from the UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council to pursue two main areas of...