Messenger No. 68 (June 1992)
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Riccardo Giacconi - ESO's Next Director General
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Bigger telescopes and better instrumentation: report on the 1992 ESO conference.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68....1U
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Ulrich, M.-H.
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
Report of the conference "Progress in telescope and instrumentation technologies", Garching (Germany), 27 - 30 April 1992.
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Mirror Container and VLT 8.2-m Dummy Mirror Arrive at REOSC Plant
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68....6D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Dierickx, P.; Ansorge, W.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO)
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Introducing the First VLT Instrument Science Teams
9-10 (PDF)
PARSCA 92: The Paranal Seeing Campaign
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68....9S
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Sarazin, M.
AA(ESO)
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New R.E.O.S.C. Polishing Facility for Giant Mirrors Inaugurated
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Distant radio galaxies.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...12M
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Miley, G.; Röttgering, H.; Chambers, K.; Hunstead, R.; Macchetto, F.; Roland, J.; Schilizzi, R.; van Ojik, R.
AA(Sterrewacht, Leiden, the Netherlands) AB(Sterrewacht, Leiden, the Netherlands) AC(Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, U.S.A. & Sterrewacht, Leiden, the Netherlands) AD(University of Sydney, Australia) AE(Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A. & Astrophysics Division, Space Sciences Dept. European Space Agency) AF(Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris, France & Sterrewacht, Leiden, the Netherlands) AG(Radiosterrenwacht, Dwingeloo the Netherlands) AH(Sterrewacht, Leiden, the Netherlands)
15-16 (PDF)
European Planetarians Meet at ESO Headquarters
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The VLT Tale
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A Giant VLT Model for Seville
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ESO exhibitions in Chile - a tremendous success.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...18B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Bouchet, P.; Cabillic, A.; Madsen, C.
AA(ESO, La Silla) AB(ESO, La Silla) AC(ESO, Garching)
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The Youngest Visitors Yet
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A most impressive astronomy exhibition.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...21W
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
West, R.
AA(ESO)
Abstract:
A new 1000 m2 astronomy exhibition in the Deutsches Museum, Munich (Germany).
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Announcement of ICO-16 Satellite Conference on Active and Adaptive Optics
22-24 (PDF)
Astronomical observations in 2001.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...22A
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Alloin, D.; Le Bertre, T.
AA(Obseratoire de Paris, Meudon, France) AB(Obseratoire de Paris, Meudon, France)
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H-W. Marck 1914 - 1992
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The Sonneberg plate archive.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...24B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Bräuer, H.-J.; Fuhrmann, B.
AA(Sternwarte Sonneberg, Germany) AB(Sternwarte Sonneberg, Germany)
26-29 (PDF)
A scrutiny of HD 62623 and HD 96446.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...26L
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Lodén, L. O.
AA(Astronomiska Observatoriet, Uppsala, Sweden)
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A Panorama of La Silla
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Staff Movements
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On the optical counterpart of PSR 0540-693.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...30C
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Caraveo, P. A.; Bignami, G. F.; Mereghetti, S.; Mombelli, M.
AA(Istituto di Fisica Cosmica del CNR, Milano, Italy) AB(Dipartimento di Ingegnesia Industriale, Universita di Cassino, Cassino, Italy & Istituto di Fisica Cosmica del CNR, Milano, Italy) AC(Istituto di Fisica Cosmica del CNR, Milano, Italy) AD(Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi, Milano, Italy)
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Doing research with small telescopes: frequency analysis of multiperiodic δ Scuti stars.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...33P
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Poretti, E.; Mantegazza, L.
AA(Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano, Italy) AB(Universita di Pavia, Italy)
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Halley Back to Normal
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...36H
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Hainaut, O.; Smette, A.; West, R.M.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO) AC(ESO)
36-38 (PDF)
Spectroscopic observations in the cluster of galaxies Abell 151.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...36P
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Proust, D.; Quintana, H.
AA(Observatoire de Meudon, France) AB(Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
39-39 (PDF)
Russian Rockets and American Comets
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New ESO Preprints (March - May 1992)
40-40 (PDF)
Close Encounters with Ice Balls of a Second Kind
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...40R
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Rast, R.
AA(NASA, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.)
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On the Nature of the Smette-Hainaut Object
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...40F
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Ferrin, I.
AA(Department of Physics, University of the Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
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Unidentified Object over Chile Identified
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...41R
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Rast, R.; Johnson, N.
AA(NASA, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) AB(Kaman Sciences, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.)
42-42 (PDF)
First Images with IRAC2
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...42M
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Moorwood, A.; Finger, G.; Biereichel, P.; Gemperlein, H.; Lizon, J.-L.; Meyer, M.; Moneti, A.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO) AC(ESO) AD(ESO) AE(ESO) AF(ESO) AG(ESO)
42-42 (PDF)
On the "Unidentified Object over Chile"
43-44 (PDF)
The influence of the Pinatubo eruption on the atmospheric extinction at La Silla.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...43G
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Grothues, H.-G.; Gochermann, J.
AA(Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany) AB(Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany)
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350 GHz SIS receiver installed at SEST.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...45W
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Whyborn, N.; Nyman, L.-A.; Wild, W.; Delgado, G.
AA(Dept. of Radio and Space Science with Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden) AB(SEST, La Silla) AC(SEST, La Silla) AD(SEST, La Silla)
46-48 (PDF)
Fine Telescope Image Analysis
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The Dust War
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68Q..46G
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Gilliotte, A.; Giordano, P.; Torrejon, A.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO) AC(ESO)
48-52 (PDF)
Adaptive filtering of long slit spectra of extended objects.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...48R
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Richter, G.; Longo, G.; Lorenz, H.; Zaggia, S.
AA(Astrophysical Institute, Potsdam, Germany & Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy)
52-53 (PDF)
The determination of the dead-time constant in photoelectric photometry.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...52P
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Poretti, E.
AA(Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano, Italy)
53-54 (PDF)
Radioactive isotopes of cobalt in SN 1987A.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...53D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Danziger, I. J.; Bouchet, P.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO)
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ESO Fellowship 1993 - 1994
54-56 (PDF)
An intermediate age component in a bulge field.
ADS BibCode:
1992Msngr..68...54O
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Ortolani, S.; Bica, E.; Barbuy, B.
AA(Universita di Padova, Italy) AB(Universidade Federal do Ria Grande do Sul, Brazil) AC(Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Vacancy in Garching: Scientist/Astronomer/Physicist (software)
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