The Messenger 114
December 2003

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Contents

Telescopes and Instrumentation

	ALMA Groundbreaking Ceremony	2
A. Moorwood	CRIRES Takes Shape	5
R. Wilson	Addendum to The History and Development of the ESO Active Optics System	9
S. Bagnulo et al.	The UVES Paranal Observatory Project	10
D. Bonaccini et al.	Pushing Technologies: ESo Fibre Laser Development for Laser Guide-Star Adaptive Optics	15
M. Mayor et al.	Setting New Standard with HARPS	20
L. Germany	News From La Silla	25

Reports from Observers

A. Richichi & F. Paresce	Harvesting Scientific Results with the VLTI	26
J. Alves & N. Homeier	Our Own Starburst	36
R. Tuellmann et al.	Extraplanar Star Formation in NGC 55	39
ESO Press Release	Flares from the Direction of the Black Hole in the Galactic Centre	43
ESO Press Photo 31/03	Roses in the Southern Sky	44
B. Leibundgut et al.	Metrics to Measure ESO's Scientific Success	46

Other Astronomical News

G. Hau & D. Alloin	Report on the Topical Meeting "Resolved Stellar Populations"	50
P. Shaver	ESO-ESA Meeting "Cosmology and Fundamental Physics"	50
W. Brandner & M. Kasper	ESO Workshop on "Science with Adaptive Optics"	51
H.U. Kaeufl & A. Moorwood	ESO Workshop on "High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy"	52
A. Renzini	ESO-USM-MPE Workshop on "Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution"	53
B. Mackowiak & R. West	Physics on Stage 3: Life and New Frontiers	56
Fellows at ESO	George Hau, Nuria Huelamo, Elena Mason & Markus Nielbock	57

Announcements (in PDF format)

Future ESO Workshop	Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way	58
ESO Vacancy	Infrared astronomer, Head of the IR Instrumentation Dept	59
Personnel movements		59