Foto e Javës

26 Maj 2008: The rotating sky above ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal. This long exposure shows the stars rotating around the southern (left) and northern (right) celestial poles, the celestial equator being in the middle of the photo — where the stars seem to move in a straight line. The motion of the VLT's enclosures are also visible.

13 Maj 2008: Heavyweights at 4,000 metre altitude: this photo shows the two ALMA antenna transporters during the final phase of the acceptance testing in April on the road between the ALMA OSF at 2,900 metre altitude and the AOS at 5,000 metres. The first transporter ("Otto") is travelling unloaded, while the second one ("Lore") is carrying the 115-tonne antenna dummy.

04 Maj 2008: An image of the planet Uranus (located 20 Astronomical units from Earth) obtained at the Very Large Telescope Observatory using the Adaptive Optics system NAOS and the near-infrared imager CONICA to capture high-contrast images of the giant planet and its system of satellites and rings during its 2008 equinox. Every 42 years, the ring (and satellites) plane of Uranus crosses the Sun, providing us with a unique opportunity to observe the rings while they present their edge to us. Ring plane crossing also allow us to observe the rings form their dark side (i.e. while the Sun is illuminating them from the opposite side), so one can search for faint satellites, faint rings, or faint ring structures, which could not be seen otherwise. Ring Plane Crossings are also an excellent opportunity to observe mutual events between satellites such as eclipse or occultation phenomena. The image above corresponds to a one ...

20 Mars 2008: The 8.2-m primary mirror of Yepun, Unit Telescope 4 of ESO's Very Large Telescope, after its recoating in early March

11 Mars 2008: Zona qendrore e Mjegullnajës së Orionit (M42, NGC 1976) e parë me infra të kuqe nga High Acuity Wide Field K-band Imager (HAWK-I), një instrument në Teleskopin Shumë të Madh të ESO-s në Paranal.

25 Shkurt 2008: Transportuesit e Antenave të ALMA-s mbërrijnë në vendin ku kryhen punimet në Kili, pasi karvani kishte kaluar përmes Valle de Luna.

11 Shkurt 2008: Taking advantage of the presence of light echoes, a team of astronomers have used an ESO telescope to measure, at the 1% precision level, the distance of a Cepheid — a class of variable stars that constitutes one of the first steps in the cosmic distance ladder. The determination of the distance to RS Pup, following the method of the American astronomer Robert Havlen, is based on the measurement of the phase difference between the variation of the star and the variation of isolated nebular features. Because the luminosity of the star changes in a very distinctive pattern, the presence of the nebula allows the astronomers to see light echoes and use them to measure the distance of the star. The light that travelled from the star to a dust grain and then to the telescope arrives a bit later than the light that comes directly from the star to ...

29 Janar 2008: Artist's impression of the disc of matter surrounding the young stellar object MWC 147 as inferred from observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Thanks to these observations, astronomers have probed the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding the MWC 147, witnessing how it gains its mass before becoming an adult. A slice has been cut to show the inner structure better. The disc extends out to 100 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun (100 Astronomical Units — 100 AU). It is inclined by about 50 degrees as seen from Earth. The dust in the outer disc emits mainly at mid-infrared wavelengths, while close to the star there is also strong near-infrared emission from very hot gas. This gas is transported towards the forming star, increasing its mass at a rate of 7 millionths of the mass of the Sun — or about 2 ...

21 Janar 2008: Colour-composite image of the triplet of galaxies, catalogued as NGC 7173 (top), 7174 (bottom right) and 7176 (bottom left), and located 106 million light-years away towards the constellation of Piscis Austrinus (the 'Southern Fish'). This triplet of galaxies makes up part of the Hickson Compact Group HCG 90. NGC 7173 and 7176 are elliptical galaxies, while NGC 7174 is a spiral galaxy with quite disturbed dust lanes and a long, twisted tail. This seems to indicate that the two lower galaxies - whose combined shape bears some resemblance to that of a sleeping baby - are currently interacting. Astronomers have suggested that the three galaxies will finally merge. The size of the image is about 5.3 arcminutes. The image is based on data obtained with the VLT FORS1 instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope through three different filters, B, V, and R. The data were extracted from the ESO Science ...

14 Janar 2008: Kuarteti i Robertit është një familje prej 4 galaktikash shumë të ndryshme nga njëra-tjetra, të lokalizuara në një distancë rreth 160 milionë vjet-dritë larg nesh, afër qendrës së yjësisë së jugut Feniksit. Anëtarët e tij janë NGC 87, NGC 88, NGC 89 dhe NGC 92, të zbuluara nga John Herschel në vitin 1830. NGC 87, lart djathtas, është një galaktikë e parregullt e ngjashme me satelitët e Rrugës së Qumështit, Retë e Magelanit. NGC 88, në qendër, është një galaktikë spirale me një mbulesë të jashtme të shpërndarë, ndoshta shumica e përbërë nga gazi. NGC 89, në mes poshtë, është një galaktikë tjetër spirale me dy krahë të mëdhenj spiralë. Anëtari më i madh i sistemit, NGC 92, nga e majta, është një galaktikë spirale “Sa” me një formë të pazakontë. Një nga krahët e saj, i gjatë rreth 100,000 vite-dritë, është shtrembëruar nga bashkëveprimet dhe përmban sasi të mëdha ...

07 Janar 2008: Këto formacione të çuditshme bore dhe akulli, të quajtura "penitente". Ato formohen në zonat me lartësi të mëdha nga niveli i detit si pllaja e Chajnantor-it pranë vendit ku do të ndërtohet ALMA. Këto janë thika akulli të formuara nga ngrirja dhe shkrirja e borës. Në solsticin e verës në Chajnantor, Dielli në mesditë ndodhet pranë zenitit dhe penitentet janë vertikale. Kjo foto u mor në Dhjetor të vitit 2005. Kjo fotografi është e disponueshme në dyqanin e ESO-s.

24 Dhjetor 2007: Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - although it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. In this image, a 30-min VLT/NACO K-band exposure has been combined with archive HST/ACS B and I-band images to produce a three-colour image of the 'Bird' interacting galaxy system. The NACO image has allowed astronomers to not only see the two previously known galaxies, but to identify a third, clearly separate component, an irregular, yet fairly massive galaxy that seems to form stars at a frantic rate.

17 Dhjetor 2007: On 3 and 4 December 2007, the two ALMA antenna transporters, Otto and Lore, were being loaded onto a barge on the Neckar at Heilbronn harbour (Germany) to start their long journey to Chile. From there, they will travel to Antwerpen (Belgium) and then put onto a ship towards the port of Mejillones, in the north of Chile, to finally reach the ALMA base, close to San Pedro de Atacama. The ALMA antenna transporters are each 20 metre long, 10 metre wide and 6 metre high, and weigh 130 tonnes. They will be able to transport a 115-tonne antenna and set it down on a concrete pad within millimetres of a prescribed position. Image taken in December 2007.

10 Dhjetor 2007: The first three Japanese ALMA antennas of the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) at the ALMA Operation Support Facility, located close to the town of San Pedro de Atacama in the Chilean Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 2900m. At the time of the picture, in November 2007, the antennas were undergoing final tests before being handed over to the ALMA Observatory. The 12-m antennas were built by MELCO for the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, one of the partners in the ALMA partnership.

01 Dhjetor 2007: On 17 and 18 November 2007, the Regional Minister for Research of the Belgian French-speaking Community, Marie-Dominique Simonet, visited Paranal. This was part of a week-long visit to Brazil and Chile, in which the Minister promoted the 'Competitivity Poles' as well as Research and Education in this part of the world. The Minister was accompanied by a delegation comprising Claude Gonfroy and Jean-Luc Horward, members of her Cabinet, Jean-Pierre Swings, former member of the ESO Council, Claude Jamar from the Centre Spatial de Liėge, and Bill Collins, from the AMOS company which built the four Auxiliary Telescopes. Ten French-speaking Belgian journalists, including two TV crews, also joined the Minister for a day at Paranal. Felix Mirabel, ESO's Representative in Chile, Olivier Hainaut, Head of Science Operations at Paranal, and Ueli Weilenmann, were the hosts of the Minister. The Minister visited the telescopes and facilities on site and showed a clear ...

23 Nëntor 2007: Dy herë në vit, Dielli perëndon saktësisht prapa Paranal-it, në qoftë se ndodhesh në majën e malit Armazones, 20 km larg Paranal-it. Data dhe ora e kësaj ngjarje u llogaritën duke përdorur koordinatat e të dy vendeve në “Google Earth” si dhe duke marrë parasysh kushtet atmosferike. Kjo fotografi tregon qartë 3 nga 4 njësitë e mëdha të Teleskopëve 8.2 m (UT) të Teleskopit të ESO-s (e katërta është prapa të tjerave), kupola e VST-së ndodhet në të djathtë dhe pika meteorologjike me kullën DIMM edhe më djathtas. Në të majtë të fotografisë, gjithashtu shihen mbulesat pjesërisht të hapura të Teleskopëve Ndihmës “Auxiliary Telescopes (AT)”. Kjo foto u bë me teleskopin refraktor Takahashi FS128, me një kamera Canon20Da dhe me filtera Special Dielli, nga Stéphane Guisard (ESO). Lutemi të mbani mend se të shikoni Diellin më një pajisje optike (kamera, teleskop, dylbi etj.) është SHUMË e rrezikshme, pasi mund të ...