Deep Impact at ESO

... Press Event

This is the timetable (still subject to change) of the press event at ESO HQ in Garching.

Monday July 4, 2005

07:00 Press Event, welcome
07:15 ESA-TV from ESTEC Impact at 07:52
First results expected shortly after 08.00 from NASA,
possibly Keck
08:15 Videoconference to Paranal and La Silla Speak to the observers at ESO's observatory sites
08:45 Individual interviews
09:45 ESA-TV from ESTEC
Update 1
10:00 NASA feed
11:00 Wrap up



19:45 Press Event, welcome
20:00 ESA-TV (NASA feed)
Update 2
20:30 Videoconference to Paranal Update from Chile by O. Marco
20:45 Videoconference to La Silla First TIMMI2 images
21:00 Wrap up


Tuesday July 5, 2005

02:00? First VLT image on the Web
05:00 Press Event, welcome
05:15 Videoconference to Paranal Speak to the observers
First VLT colour images available
05:45 Individual interviews Speak to the observers
06:00 ESA TV (with ESO)
Update 2
06:30 Videoconference to Paranal Speak to the observers at Paranal
07:00 Wrap up


Interview partners at Paranal (Video conference)

  • Nancy Ageorges (ESO)
  • Oliver Hainaut (ESO)
  • Heike Rauer (DLR)
  • Emmanuel jehin (ESO)
  • Olivier Marco (ESO)

Interview partners at La Silla (Video conference)

  • Hans-Ulrich Käufl (ESO)
  • Florian Kerber (ESO)
  • Herman Boehnhardt (MPI, Lindau)

Interview partners at the ESO Headquarters (astronomer)

  • Fernando Comeron (ESO)
  • Rudi Albrecht (ST/ECF)
  • Gero Rupprecht (ESO)
  • Monika Petr-Gotzens (ESO)
  • Ralf Siebenmorgen (ESO)
  • Andrès Carmona(ESO)

Press Officers

Henri Boffin (ESO - astronomer)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (ST/ECF)

Claus Madsen (ESO), Head of the Public Affairs Department


Facilities for the press

Large interview room for TV (with suitable background)
Two separate interview rooms
PCs, printers, internet access for laptops
Showing of ESA and NASA TV (please note: broadcast quality cannot be guaranteed).