AMBER News
Instrument specific News
- September 3, 2008: First version of the AMBER User Manual for P83 available. Go to the documentation page in order to download it.
- August 6, 2008: AMBER/FINITO/UTs Sience Verification call for proposal. Deadline Sept. 7, observation to be carried on the 12th, 13th and 14th of October. (Limiting magnitudes have been updated)
- March 1, 2008: First version of the AMBER User Manual available for P82.
- March 1, 2008: FINITO now offered on the UTs.
- March 1, 2007: First version of the AMBER User Manual for P80 available. The web pages have been updated for the changes from P79 to P80. Important changes are the possibility to use the external fringe tracker FINITO with AMBER on the ATs.
- January 23, 2007: AMBER was succesfully used with 3 ATs and having FINITO as an external fringe tracker.
- September 1, 2006: First version of the AMBER User Manual for P79 available. The web pages have been updated for the changes from P78 to P79. Important changes are info on the allowed modes for the ATs.
- March 1, 2006: First version of the AMBER User Manual for P78 available. The web pages have been updated for the changes from P77 to P78. Important changes are info on the HR-K, LR-HK modes, significantly reduced execution times, and information on limits on the Coude guide star magnitude.
- September 1, 2005: First version of the AMBER User Manual for P77 available. The web pages have been updated for the changes from P76 to P77.
- July 1, 2005: Updated version of the AMBER User Manual P76 and the final version of the AMBER Template Manual for P76 made available. Note that the wavelength ranges for MRK2.1 and MRK2.3 have been updated.
- February 23, 2005: Final version of the AMBER web pages for the CfP76 release.
- January 12, 2005: First version of the AMBER web pages.
AMBER in the news
For the latest highlighted science results, please consult the ESO Press Releases page.
- ESO Press Release 22/08 (24 July 2008) Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty.
- ESO Press Release 03/08 (29 January 2008) The Growing-up of a Star.
- ESO Press Release 43/07 (27 September 2007) Into the Chrysalis.
- ESO Press Release 25/07 (31 May 2007) Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
- ESO Press Release 06/07 (23 February 2007) The Sky Through Three Giant Eyes.
- ESO Press Release 35/06 (20 September 2006) To Be or Not to Be: Is It All About Spinning?.
- ESO Press Release 29/05 (24 November 2005) Sharp Vision Reveals Intimacy of Stars.
- ESO Press Release 07/04 (5 April 2004) Adding New Colours to Interferometry - AMBER joins the VLT Interferometer.