ESOshop: ESO Annual Report 2022

The ESO Annual Report 2022 is now available. It presents a summary of ESO’s many activities throughout the year. The contents include:

• The steady progress of the construction of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), both on Armazones and in Europe.
• Highlights of the latest scientific research enabled by ESO’s facilities, which once again resulted in the publication of more than 1000 refereed papers during the year.
• Among these highlights, the release of the image of the shadow of the Sgr A* black hole by the Event Horizon Telescope Consortium (using both ALMA and APEX).
• Commissioning of ERIS (the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph) at the VLT and NIRPS (the Near InfraRed Planet Searcher) at the 3.6-metre telescope, as well as the progress on all other instrument projects.
• ALMA development, including the Band 2 receiver project and the Wide-Band Sensitivity Upgrade.
• The start of operations of the new Paranal–Armazones photovoltaic plant, demonstrating ESO’s dedication to environmental sustainability.
• ESO’s 60th anniversary celebrations at the ESO sites, in the Member States, and in Australia.
• The approval by Council of an inspiring, yet challenging, organisational vision statement that will drive ESO into the future.

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