Messenger No. 67 (March 1992)
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First 8.6-m Glassy Meniscus Blank for the VLT!
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VLT News
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The VLT Progresses as its Management is Adapted
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A geological description of Cerro Paranal or another insight into the "perfect site for astronomy".
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67....4B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Bourlon, F.
AA(ESO)
References:
Dercourt J, and Paquet J,, 1985, Geologie, Objets et Methodes, Dunod ed., Paris.
Bellair P. and Pomerol C., 1984, Elements de Geologie, A. Collins ed., Paris.
La Recherche 228, January 1991, "Le volcanisme andin" Magazine, Paris.
Piddo J., 1990, "Geotechnic-Geological Study of Vizcachas and Paranal hills" ESO report.
Figure 3: As found in Bellair P. and Pomerol C., 1984, Elements de Geologie, page 108.
Figure 4: As found in Bellair P. and Pomerol C., 1984, Elements de Geologie, page 132.
Figure 5: As found in Bellair P. and Pomerol C., 1984, Elements de Geologie, page 1 10.
Figure 7: As found in Dercourt and Paquet 1985, Geologie, Objets et Methodes, page 50, chpt. 4.
Figure 8: As found in Piddo J., 1990 "Geotechnic-Geological Study of Vizcachas and Paranal hills" ESO report, Annex, plate 2.
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Tentative Time-table of Council Sessions and Committee Meetings in 1992
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New ESO Preprints (December 1991 - February 1992)
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New ESO Scientific Report on Star Forming Regions
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New Operating Manuals
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Vacancy Movements
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Staff Movements
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A Paranal Portfolio
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The Andromeda Galaxy
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Contracts Signed for Two VLT Instruments: FORS and CONICA
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Coudé Near Infrared Camera Instrument Contract Signed
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...17L
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Lenzen, R.; von der Lühe, O.
AA(Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie) AB(ESO)
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FORS - the focal reducer for the VLT.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...18A
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Appenzeller, I.; Rupprecht, G.
AA(Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany) AB(ESO)
Abstract:
On February 6, 1992 at the ESO than on the existing large ESO tele- and to allow accurate polarimetry, an Headquarters in Garching the FORS in- Scopes. FORS 1 and 11 will therefore be all-dioptric design was chosen. Its prinstrument project for the ESO Very Large something like the workhorses of the cipal layout was derived by ESO opti- Telescope was publicly started with a VLT, and their duplication will save con- cian B. Delabre on the basis of the exkickoff meetina. FORS, the Focal Re- ~tructionC osts and later simplify Opera- perience gained with EFOSC. ducer/low dispersion s6ectrograph, will be the first instrument built outside ESO to be installed at the VLT observatory. The idea for a set of general-purpose focal reducers for the VLT can be traced back to the recommendations of the ESO Working Group on Imaging and Low-Resolution Spectroscopy, published in VLT Report No. 52 (1986). The experience gained with EFOSCtype instruments at the 3.6-m telescope and at the Nl7 then led ESO to propose in the VLT Instrumentation Plan of June 1989 the construction of two dioptric focal reducer/low dispersion spectrographs for deep-imaging, low-resolution and multi-object spectroscopy. The Cassegrain foci were chosen for the instruments because of their high throughput, to minimize the amount of scattered light and to make them suitable for polarimetric observations. Following a Call for Proposals issued in 1990 a consortium composed of three German astronomical institutes (the Landessternwarte in Heidelberg and the University Observatories of Gottingen and Miinchen) was chosen in 1991 for the realization of the project.
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Delay Lines of the VLT Interferometer: Current Status
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...21F
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Faucherre, M.; Koehler, B.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO)
References:
Jorck, H., Maurer, R., Kase, J., Faucherre, M., Beckers, J.M., Kuhn, G. and Hupe, H., "The design of delay lines for the VLT Interferometer", Proc. ESO Conf. on "High Resolution lmaging by Interferometry", Garching, March 1992.
Faucherre, M, and Maurer, R., "On metrology systems for delay lines", Proc. ESO Conf. on "High Resolution Imaging by Interferometry", Garching, March 1992.
Bourlon, P., Faucherre, M. and Koehler, B., "Report on experimental vibration measurements on air bearing pads at Technische Universitat Munchen", internal document, issue December 1991.
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IRAC 2: ESO's New Large Format Infared Array Camera
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Visiting astronomers
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Gosta W. Funke 1906-1991
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ESO/EIPC Workshop on Structure, Dynamics and Chemical Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies
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A galaxy redshift survey in the South Galactic Pole region
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...26V
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Vettolani, G.; Alimi, J.; Balkowski, C.; Blanchard, A.; Cappi, A.; Cayatte, V.; Chincarini, G.; Collins, C.; Felenbok, P.; Guzzo, L.; Maccagni, D.; MacGillivray, H.; Maurogordato, S.; Merighi, R.; Mignoli, M.; Proust, D.; Ramella, M.; Scaramella, R.; Stirpe, G.; Zamorani, G.; Zucca, E.
AA(Istituto di Radioastronomia CNR, Bologna, Italy) AB(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AC(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AD(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AE(Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy) AF(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AG(Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano, Italy & Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano, Italy) AH(Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK) AI(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AJ(Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano, Italy) AK(Istituto di Fisica Cosmica CNR, Milano, Italy) AL(Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK) AM(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AN(Osservatorio stronomico di Bologna, Italy) AO(Dipartimentodi Astronomia, Universita di Bologna, Italy) AP(DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) AQ(Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy) AR(Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy) AS(Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy) AT(Istituto di Radioastronomia CNR, Bologna, Italy & Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy) AU(Istituto di Radioastronomia CNR, Bologna, Italy & Dipartimentodi Astronomia, Universita di Bologna, Italy)
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Ramella, M., Geller, M., Huchra, J., 1992, Ap. J. in press.
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The new gravitational lens candidate Q 1208+1011 and the importance of high quality data.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...30M
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Magain, P.; Surdej, J.; Vanderriest, C.; Pirenne, B.; Hutsemékers, D.
AA(Institut d'Astrophysique, Universite de Liege, Belgium) AB(Institut d'Astrophysique, Universite de Liege, Belgium) AC(Observatoire de Meudon, France) AD(ST-ECF) AE(Institut d'Astrophysique, Universite de Liege, Belgium)
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Minor Planet Discovered at ESO is Named "Chile"
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Another Chiron-type object.
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Nova Muscae 1991: one year later.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...35D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Della Valle, M.
AA(ESO)
References:
Lund, N., Brandt, S. 1991, IAU Circ. 5161.
Della Valle, M., Jarvis, B.J., West, R. 1991,
Makino, F., and Ginga Team 1991, IAU Circ. Nature, 353, 50. 5161.
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Light echoes from SN 1987A.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...37W
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Wang, L.; Rosa, M.
AA(ESO and Center for Astrophysics, the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui, P. R. China) AB(ST-ECF)
References:
Gouiffes, C., Rosa, M., Melnick, J., Danziger, I.J., Remy, M., Santini, C., Sauvageot, J.L., Jakobson, P., and Ruiz, M.T. Astron. Astroph. 198, L9-L12 (1988).
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Observations of the symbiotic star BD -21°3873 within the long-term photometry of variables programme.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...38N
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Niehues, M.; Bruch, A.; Duerbeck, H. W.
AA(Astronomisches Institut, Munster, Germany) AB(Astronomisches Institut, Munster, Germany) AC(Astronomisches Institut, Munster, Germany)
References:
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The importance of lithium.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...40L
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Lemoine, M.; Ferlet, R.; Emerich, C.; Vidal-Madjar, A.; Dennefeld, M.
AA(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France) AB(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France) AC(Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Verrieres-le-Buisson, France) AD(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France) AE(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France)
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Avila, G., D'Odorico, S.: 1988, Proceedings of the ESO Conference on Very Large Telescopes and their Instrumentation, Garching, 21-24 March 1988, p. 1121.
Dearborn, D., Schramm, D., Steigman, G., Truran, J.: 1989, Astrophys. J., 347, 455.
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On flux calibration of spectra.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...42F
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Fluks, M. A.; Thé, P. S.
AA(Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) AB(Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
References:
Cramer, N. June 1990, The Messenger, 60, 62.
Filippenko, A. 1982, PASP, 94, 715.
Fluks, M.A., and The, P.S. 1992, A&A, 255, 477.
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A coronagraph for COME-ON, the adaptive optics VLT prototype.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...46M
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Malbet, F.
AA(Observatoire de Paris and Observatoire de Grenoble, France)
References:
Malbet F., to be submitted to A&A.
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Jean-Luc Nieto, 1950 - 5 January 1992.
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ESO at Expo '92
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News from the VLT Adaptive Optics Prototype Project: A New Photon Counting Wavefront Sensor Channel for COME ON PLUS
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A new cross disperser for CASPEC.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...50P
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Pasquini, L.; Rupprecht, G.; Gilliotte, A.; Lizon, J.-L.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO) AC(ESO) AD(ESO)
References:
Pasquini, L., Gilliotte, A. 1991: The Messenger, 65, 50.
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News About Imaging Filters
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...51G
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Gilliotte, A.; Melnick, J.; Mendez, J.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO) AC(ESO)
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ESO Image Processing Group: MIDAS Memo
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Things that Pass in the Sky
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Astronomical light pollution by artificial earth satellites.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...53F
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Fosbury, E.; Turtle, A.; Black, M.
AA(European School Munich, Germany) AB(European School Munich, Germany) AC(University of St. Andrews, Scotland)
References:
Fleury, W. (ed.), 1988. The Report of the ESA Space Debris Working Group, ESA SP- 1109.
Malina, R.F., 1991. "In defence of Space Art: the role of the Artist in Space Exploration" in Light Pollution, Radio Interference and Space Debris, David, L. Crawford (ed).
Murdin, P., 1991. "The threat to Astronomy by Space Art", in Licrht Pollution. Radio Interference and space Debris, avid, L. Crawford (ed).
Shara, M.M. and Johnston, M.D., 1986. "Artificial Earth satellites crossing the fields of view of and colliding with orbiting Space Telescopes", Pub. Astr. Soc. Pacific, 98, 814-820.
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Unidentified Object Over Chile
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A Near Miss?
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The future of astronomy publications: electronic publishing?
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...58L
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Lequeux, J.
AA(Editor-in-Chie f, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Observatoire de Meudon, France)
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Supernova discovered at ESO.
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Vacancies on La Silla
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Astronomy acknowledgements index 1991.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...61V
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Verner, D. A.
AA(ESO & Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia)
References:
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Trimble V., 1986, PASP 98, 1347.
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On the life expectancy of astronomers.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..67...62H
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Herrmann, D. B.
AA(Archenhold Observatory, Alt- Treptow/Berlin, Germany)
References:
M. Ebell, Die Lebensdauer der Astronomen. In: Sirius 52 (1919), 213-214. 1 am greatful to D. Fiirst for drawing my attention to this source.
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Ibid, p. 28.
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Pluto and Charon
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Contents
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ESO's Early History