Messenger No. 5 (June 1976)
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ESO Workshop on Optical Studies of X-ray Sources
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....1.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
The first of what is to be a series of workshops on different topics has just taken place in Geneva at the ESO Scientific-Technical Centre. The purpose of these workshops is to gather together a number of European astronomers working in a well-defined field of research or of instrumental development to review the present status of knowledge, to compare methods and results, and in particular to coordinate future plans. In order to achieve these aims, it is of obvious importance that all European groups active in the chosen subject. be represented .. Also, the workshops should be as informal as possible and have a relatively small number of participants.
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Profile of a Staff Astronomer's Programme : Dwarf Novae
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....2.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Dr. Nikolaus Vogt, ESO statt astronomer in Chile, is a specialist in dwarf novae, and during the past years he has been busy improving our knowledge about these interesting objects. Here he reviews his programme:
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The McCormick Areas Programme
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....3B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Breysacher, J.
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Two similar models of the Echelec spectrograph, designed by A. Baranne for the coude focus of the 1.52 m telescope, exist at present. One, the prototype, is working at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and the second was recently installed on La Silla. The instrument is composed of three independent units connected by two Light-proof tunnels, the distance between the extreme units being about seven metres. It is positioned in the east-west direction, on the conerete of the telescope pillar in the coude room. The central unit can be removed very easily, thus permitting a rapid exchange with the other big coude spectrograph.
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3,500 New Southern Galaxies Discovered in ESO/Uppsala Observatory Collaboration
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....5.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Astronomers had the first deep look into the northern sky some twenty years ago, when the Palomar 48" Schmidt telescope surveyed the sky north' of 30° declinatiqn. This survey, which was publisheq on paper prints and on grass copies as the National Geographic SocietY-Palomar Observatory Sky Atlas, had a tremendous impact on optical astronomy.. Many new galactic and extragalactic objects of great interest were found and most new radio-sources are still identified from this atlas. No wonder that astronomers were looking forward to a similar survey in the south, covering that part of the sky which the Palomar 48" Schmidt (latitude + 30°) could not reach.
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Relocation of the ESO Administration from Hamburg to Munich
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....4.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Following the Council decision of December 1975, to establish the European Headquarlers of ESO at Garehing, near Munich (cf. "The Messenger", No. 4, March 1976), the Office of the Director-General is doing a first step towards that direction and moves, on Juli 1, 1976, trom Hamburg-Bergedorf to GarehIng.
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Editor's Note
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The McCormick Areas Programme
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....7B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Blaauw, A
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
For several years now, work has been ,done with the La Silla telescopes on what we call the "McCormick areas programme". The following is a description of its aims and present status.
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The ESO 3.6 m Telescope Control System Departs for La Silla
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5....8.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
The ESO 3.6 m telescope control system, which left Geneva on May 2, 1976 for La Silla, has been developed by the Controls Group of the TP Division. It ineorporates many novel features, some of whieh have also been implemented in other ESO control systems, notably those tor the ESO 1 m photometrie, the ESO Schmidt, ,and the Danish 1.5 m telescopes. The first two have in effect served as operational prototypes for several years (cf. ESO Teehnical Report No. 6, May 1975).
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Another Fine Comet from ESO
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5Q...9.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
The European Southern Observatory was certainly not built for the noble art of comet-hunting, nor does this kind of astronomy constitute one of ESO's main Iines of research. Nevertheless, the name of ESO was recently connected with two important discoveries of "haired stars".
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The 3.6m Telescope on LaSilia
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5R...9.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
The 3.6 m telescope project is progressing weil reports Dr. S. Laustsen from La Silla. The transfer of the mechanical parts from the ship to the mountain was supervised by D. Plathner from the ESO TP Division. This is his story about four exciting days:
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The ESO Guesthouse
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5...10.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Imagine that you sit twenty or more hours in a narrow seat in the cabin of a plane, packed to the limit with passengers, their bags, boxes and any other conceivable kind of container for "hand"-Iuggage; imagine that YQU finally, after those long hours, step out in a fo'reign city, a foreign country, on another continent, even another hemisphere. Or imagine that you are on your way back to Europe after several, possibly many weeks of hard observing on La Silla, that piace where even hard-boiled observers' finally start mumbling secret prayers for just one, oh just one night with enough clouds to ...
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ESO Booklet
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Staff movements
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Algunos Resumenes
12-12 (PDF)
Latest News
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Cambio de la Administracion de ESO da Hamburgo a Munich
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5V..12.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Cambio de la Administracion de ESO da Hamburgo a Munich
12-12 (PDF)
Folleto ESO
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La Casa de Huespedes de ESO
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5T..12.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
La Casa de Huespedes de ESO
12-12 (PDF)
M. Alain Beal
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First ESO Slide Set Now Available!
ADS BibCode:
1976Msngr...5R..12.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
First ESO Slide Set Now Available!