Announcements 2009

ann0942-en-us — Announcement

E-ELT Science Brochure Published

14 December 2009: Thanks to ever larger telescopes, such as ESO’s Very Large Telescope, and ever more sensitive instruments, our astronomical knowledge continues to progress at an incredible pace, answering many questions, but also raising exciting new ones. The 42-metre European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), presently being planned by ESO, will be able ...
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ann0941-en-us — Announcement

ESO Messenger No. 138 is available for download

14 December 2009: ESO Messenger No. 138 is available for download.
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ann0940-en-us — Announcement

Paranal Residencia one of the "Top 10 Buildings of the Decade"

10 December 2009: ESO's Residencia at Paranal Observatory, Chile, has just been selected to be among the "top 10 buildings of the decade" by the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Cerro Paranal is a 2600-metre high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert, perhaps the driest on Earth. It is the home of ESO’s Very Large ...
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ann0939-en-us — Announcement

Eyes on the Skies wins Special Jury Award at the 2009 MEDEA Awards

8 December 2009: The Eyes on the Skies project initiated as part of International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) celebration now entering its final weeks has won an international accolade. After originally being selected as one of eight finalists from a field of over 254 entries from 39 countries, the Eyes on the ...
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ann0938-en-us — Announcement

Cosmic Evolution: New Exhibition at the Deutsches Museum Features ESO

8 December 2009: Cosmic Evolution: New Exhibition at the Deutsches Museum Features ESO.
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ann0937-en-us — Announcement

Media Advisory: ESO to hold media teleconference on 11 December to present pioneering new survey telescope

7 December 2009: Media Advisory: ESO to hold media teleconference on 11 December to present pioneering new survey telescope.
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ann0936-en-us — Announcement

ESO wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

1 December 2009: ESO wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Click here to see the ESO Christmas animation we prepared for you.
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ann0935-en-us — Announcement

Twenty years of Adaptive Optics development at ESO

26 November 2009: Twenty years of Adaptive Optics development at ESO.
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ann0934-en-us — Announcement

ALMA "first fringes" at Chajnantor

16 November 2009: A team of astronomers and engineers at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the first interferometric measurements of radio signals — so-called “fringes” — of an astronomical source from the observatory’s 5000-metre “high site” of Chajnantor. This is an important technical step for ALMA, as it used a ...
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ann0933-en-us — Announcement

ESO Director General visits Vatican City

5 November 2009: On 30 and 31 October 2009 the ESO Director General, Tim de Zeeuw, was invited to visit the Vatican City, as part of an international group of renowned astronomers, on the occasion of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. The visit included a tour of the Tower of Winds at ...
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ann0932-en-us — Announcement

Santiago Museum of Science and Technology inaugurates renovated Astronomy Hall, in partnership with ESO in Chile

27 October 2009: The Museum of Science and Technology in Santiago has opened its renovated Astronomy Hall, a project supported by ESO in Chile. Massimo Tarenghi, ESO Representative in Chile, and Mónica Rubio, President of the Corporación para la Divulgación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CORPDICYT, the Organisation for the Popularisation of ...
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ann0931-en-us — Announcement

Opening of 3D Movie Featuring ESO's Paranal Observatory

26 October 2009: In close cooperation with ESO as part of its International Year of Astronomy 2009 activities, the production companies parallax raumprojektion and fact&film have produced a unique 3D documentary about the most powerful visible-light telescope in the world, ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). One of the world’s largest telescopes, capable of ...
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ann0930-en-us — Announcement

ESO to hold media conference to discuss significant exoplanet finding

19 October 2009: On Monday 19 October 2009, astronomers will report at the international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, Portugal, on a significant discovery in the field of exoplanets, obtained with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-metre telescope. ESO will host a media ...
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ann0929-en-us — Announcement

ESO in the Chilean National Science and Technology Week

5 October 2009: In Chile, 5–11 October is the National Science & Technology Week. This year, it is dedicated to the International Year of Astronomy 2009, and ESO is playing an active role. Everyone is invited to the following events and exhibitions: Monday 5 October sees the launch in Antofagasta of the GalileoMobile, ...
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ann0928-en-us — Announcement

The ESO web site is now available in twelve languages

18 September 2009: As of today, 18 September 2009, ESO is pleased to announce that important parts of its extensive website have been translated into eleven European languages, covering all ESO member states as well as some additional countries. Many more readers will now be able to learn all about ESO's impressive telescopes ...
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ann0927-en-us — Announcement

ESO Messenger No. 137 is available for download

3 September 2009: ESO Messenger No. 137 is available for download.
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ann0926-en-us — Announcement

ESO Open House Day - 24 October 2009

3 September 2009: ESO Open House Day — 24 October 2009.
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ann0925-en-us — Announcement

ESO Call for Proposals for Period 85 released. Deadline is 1 October 2009

1 September 2009: ESO Call for Proposals for Period 85 released. Deadline is 1 October 2009.
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ann0924-en-us — Announcement

ESO Director General is recipient of the 2009 Dirk Brouwer Award

16 July 2009: ESO Director General Tim de Zeeuw is the 2009 recipient of the Dirk Brouwer Award from the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society. The Dirk Brouwer Award is granted to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of Dynamical Astronomy, including celestial mechanics, astrometry, geophysics, stellar systems, galactic ...
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ann0923-en-us — Announcement

A vacancy for a Director of Programmes has been opened

26 June 2009: A vacancy for a Director of Programmes has been opened.
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