The Messenger 124
June 2006

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Contents

Telescopes and Instrumentation

H.-U. Kaufl et al.	CRIRES: Commissioning of the MACAO Adaptive Optics Module and General Status Report	2
R. Bacon et al.	Probing Unexplored Territories with MUSE: a Second-Generation Instrument for the VLT	5
G. Marconi et al.	New, Efficient High-Resolution Red VPH Grisms in VIMOS	11
R. Gusten et al.	The Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment	12
T. Wilson	ALMA News	18
A. Moorwood	The 2006 SPIE Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation – Observing the Universe from Ground and Space	19

Reports from Observers

A. Zijlstra et al.	The Compact Discs of Post-AGB stars	21
M. I. Wilkinson et al.	Probing the Dark Matter Content of Local Group Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with FLAMES	25
	A Three-Planet Extrasolar System	29
D. Proust et al.	The Shapley Supercluster: the Largest Matter Concentration in the Local Universe	30
F. Courbin et al.	The Host Galaxies of the Brightest Quasars: Gas-Rich Galaxies, Mergers, and Young Stars	32

Other Astronomical News (in PDF format)

R. M. West	André B. Muller (25.9.1918–1.4.2006)	37
C. Madsen	Finnish Parliamentary Committee at ESO Headquarters	38
T. Richtler, S. S. Larsen	Report on the ESO-FONDAP Conference on Globular Clusters – Guides to Galaxies	39
Fellows at ESO	A. Lundgren, V. Reveret	41
C. Madsen	Walloon Space Days	42
D. Pierce-Price	Schoolchildren Worldwide Compete to “Catch a Star!”	43
S. Uttenthaler et al.	A Solar Eclipse Expedition to Turkey	44

Announcements

2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop		45
Towards the European Extremely Large Telescope		45
ESO Fellowship Programme 2006/2007		46
Personnel Movements		47
List of Proceedings from the ESO Astrophysics Symposia		47