Press Releases 2007

ESO PR Photo 17a/07

The Newly Identified Cluster

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Screen shot of the message appearing on the Kueyen (UT2 of ESO's Very Large Telescope) console when the Rapid Response Mode is triggered by a distant explosion. The current observation is terminated and the telescope is preset to the site of the explosion to take spectra. Astronomers at the console can if requested stop the procedure. Otherwise, they just need to align the slit of the spectrograph before the observations can start. The whole procedure lasts a few minutes only.

ESO PR Photo 17b/07

Kueyen ready to observe

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The 8.2-m Unit Telescope 2 of ESO's Very Large Telescope, Kueyen, is getting ready to observe.

ESO PR Photo 17c/07

The Control Room of Kueyen

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All the telescopes on Paranal are operated from a central control room on the mountain. This photo shows the control desk of Kueyen (UT2) with a Telescope Operator and a Staff Astronomer.