The Messenger
The Messenger is a quarterly journal presenting ESO's activities to the public. Please direct your subscription requests to <information@eso.org>.
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June 2009 (No. 136)
- Highlights include:
- 400 Years of the Telescope: Special Feature on History and Development of ESO Telescopes and Instrumentation
- Dietrich Baade et al.: NGC - ESO's New General Detector Controller
- Frédéric Gonté et al.: On-sky Testing of the Active Phasing Experiment
- Stefan Kraus et al.: Tracing the Dynamic Orbit of the Young, Massive High-eccentricity Binary System θ1 Orionis C.
- Jorge Melnick et al.: Report on the ESO Workshop on Wide-Field Spectroscopic Surveys
- Highlights include:
March 2009 (No. 135)
- Highlights include:
- Alain Baudry: The ALMA Correlator: Performance and Science Impact in the Millimetre/Submillimetre
- Marco Scodeggio et al.: Improving the Multiplexing of VIMOS MOS Observations for Future Spectroscopic Surveys
- Swetlana Hubrig et al.: Studying the Magnetic Properties of Upper Main-sequence Stars with FORS1
- Andrea Richichi et al.: The Beauty of Speed
- Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, Fabien Chéreau: VirGO: A Visual Browser for the ESO Science Archive Facility
- Highlights include:
December 2008 (No. 134)
- Highlights include:
- Michael Bode, Guy Monnet, on behalf of the ASTRONET Roadmap Working Group: The ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap: A Twenty Year Strategy for European Astronomy
- Gerard T. van Belle, Johannes Sahlmann et al.: The VLTI PRIMA Facility
- Guy Monnet: Report on the JENAM 2008 Meeting Symposium Science with the E-ELT
- Maria Teresa Botticella, Enrico Cappellaro et al.: STRESS Counting Supernovae
- Catherine Turon, Francesca Primas et al.: The ESA–ESO Working Group on Galactic Populations, Chemistry and Dynamics
- Highlights include:
December 2008 - Supplement (No. 134supp)
- Highlights include:
- Francesca Primas, Achim Weiss: Special Report on the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM 2008 Joint Astronomy Conference Chemical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies and Stellar Clusters
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September 2008 (No. 133)
- Highlights include:
- J. Spyromilio et al.: Progress on the European ELT
- M. Aldenius et al.: The Quest for Near-infrared Calibration Sources for E-ELT Instruments
- D. Minniti et al.: Behind the Scenes of the Discovery of Two Extrasolar Planets: ESO Large Programme 666
- A. Eckart et al.: Probing Sagittarius A* and its Environment at the Galactic Centre
- K. Meisenheimer et al.: Mid-infrared Interferometry of Active Galactic Nuclei
- Highlights include:
June 2008 (No. 132)
- Highlights include:
- T. de Zeeuw: The Perfect Machine
- M. Sarazin et al.: The Ground Layer Seeing on Paranal
- M. Kissler-Patig et al.: HAWK-I Science Verification
- M. Kraus et al.: The ALMA Antenna Transporters
- M. G. Haehnelt et al.: Hunting for the Building Blocks
- Highlights include:
March 2008 (No. 131)
- Highlights include:
- R. Davies et al: Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics without Tip-tilt
- B. Nikolic et al.: Phase Correction for ALMA: Adaptive Opticsin the Submillimetre
- M. van den Ancker et al.: A Multi-Wavelength Study of the 2003-2006 Outburst of V1647 Orionis
- C. Evans et al.: The VLT-FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars
- F. Primas et al.: The 2007 Users Feedback Campaign
- Highlights include:
December 2007 (No. 130)
- Highlights include:
- J. Vernet et al.: Coming Soon on Stage: X-shooter
- S. Stanghellini: Status of the ALMA Antenna Production
- S. Aigrain et al: The Monitor Project: Tracking the Evolution of Low-Mass and Pre-Main-Sequence Stars
- J. Fynbo et al: Gamma-Ray Bursts as Cosmological Probes: from Concept to Reality
- A. Moorwood: Report on the Conference Science with the VLT in the ELT Era
- Highlights include:
September 2007 (No. 129)
- Highlights include:
- G. Siringo et al.: A New Era in Submillimetre Continuum Astronomy has Begun: LABOCA Starts Operation on APEX
- E. Marchetti et al.: On-sky Testing of the Multi-Conjugate?Adaptive Optics Demonstrator
- C. Araujo-Hauck et al.: Future Wavelength Calibration Standards at ESO: the Laser Frequency Comb
- C. Spiering: Status and Perspectives of Astroparticle Physics in Europe
- M. Hilker et al: Weighing Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies?in the Fornax Cluster
- Highlights include:
June 2007 (No. 128)
- Highlights include:
- J. Palous, P. Hadrava: Astronomy in the Czech Republic
- C. Haupt & H. Rykaczewski: Progress of the ALMA Project
- R. Siebenmorgen et al.: Exploring the Near-infrared at High Spatial and Spectral Resolution: First Results from CRIRES Science Verification
- W. Freudling et al.: Towards Precision Photometry with FORS: A Status Report
- U. Grothkopf et al.: Using the h-index to explore the scientific impact of the VLT
- Highlights include:
March 2007 (No. 127)
- Highlights include:
- X. Barcons: Astronomy in Spain
- R. Gilmozzi, J. Spyromilio: The European Extremely Large Telescope
- F. Malbet et al.: AMBER Science
- C. Franson et al. and J. Danziger: 20 years of SN 1987A
- M. Grenon: Nature around the ALMA site
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