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Apply Now for the Summer AstroCamp 2017

4. april 2017: Applications are now open for the ESO-supported Summer AstroCamp 2017. AstroCamp is an academic programme in the field of astronomy and physics, stimulating curiosity and critical thinking, organised by the Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto (CAUP). The camp takes place from 6 to 20 August 2017, in a secluded and tranquil setting away from the stresses of urban centres. The program is intended for secondary school students from European Union countries, in one of their final three years of education before university. Students of all backgrounds will come together and take two courses consisting of daily lessons, assignments, and a final exam. Some highlights include: Observing the dark night skies with the naked eye and telescopes (including the Perseids meteor shower); Skyping with astronomers and physicists from different countries; A computational project, working with data from the world’s best telescopes; Social activities like hiking, sports, and film ...

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ann17015-da — Meddelelse

Vi forsøger det umulige: At tage det første billede af et sort hul

31. marts 2017: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) er med, når forskerne nu prøver at afbilde noget, som aldrig før er set: Et sort hul. Teleskoper over hele Jorden er med i dette ambitiøse eksperiment. ALMA kobles sammen med Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) og Global mm-VLBI Array (GMVA), som begge er virtuelle observatorier på størrelse med hele Jorden, hvor radioteleskoper spredt mange steder på kloden samarbejder. Hovedformålet i denne omgang er at studere det supertunge sorte hul, som befinder sig i centrum af Mælkevejen. EHT vil for første gang prøve at afbilde skyggen af det sorte huls begivenhedshorisont, og GMVA undersøger detaljerne om det stof som samles og udsendes fra området omkring centralområderne i vores Mælkevej. Det bliver en imponerende række af teleskoper, som kommer til at deltage, lige fra Sydpolen til Europa og Hawaii, og selvfølgelig med ALMAs 66 antenner i Chile. ALMAs udstyr er topmoderne og beliggenheden er ideel, så det ...

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ann17014 — Meddelelse

Science in School: Issue 39 Now Available

31. marts 2017: The latest issue of the free magazine Science in School is now available online and in printed form. This European journal for science teachers offers up-to-date information on cutting-edge science, teaching materials and projects in science education, interviews with inspiring scientists and teachers, reviews of books and other resources, and many other useful resources for science teachers. It aims to promote science teaching by encouraging communication between teachers, scientists and everyone else involved in European science education. Some of the highlights of this issue include: an article on the topic of gender identity and sexuality in science; a report on the teacher event “Bringing structures to life - new ways of teaching biology” and an article highlighting the role of our oceans in climate change. Practical teaching activities for the classroom include: an activity which uses the astronomical concept of parallax as a context for teaching geometry; microscale chemistry in ...

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ann17013 — Meddelelse

Pale Red Dot Campaign Wins Guardian University Award

30. marts 2017: The success of the Pale Red Dot campaign [1] was recognised in style last night when Queen Mary University of London, the institution that led the campaign [2], won the Research Impact category of the Guardian University Awards 2017. The Pale Red Dot campaign was an outreach [3] project set up to provide the public with a unique real-time view of how science is carried out. The scientific programme was aimed at identifying an Earth-like planet around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The award marked the significant contribution made by the campaign to bringing cutting-edge science to a general audience. The campaign was launched in January 2016, when observations of Proxima Centauri began, using ESO telescopes such as the HARPS spectrograph at La Silla in Chile, amongst others [4]. Their search lasted until April 2016, and was accompanied by blog posts and social media updates via ...

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ann17012 — Meddelelse

The Messenger No. 167 Now Available

28. marts 2017: The latest edition of ESO's quarterly journal, The Messenger, is now available online. Find out the latest news from ESO on topics ranging from new instruments to the latest science discoveries. Highlights of this edition include: The ALMA Science Archive ALMA Band 5 Science Verification The Nearby Evolved Star L2 Puppis as a Portrait of the Future Solar System Supernova 1987A at 30 Highlights from the CERN/ESO/NordForsk “Gender in Physics Day” Download The Messenger in PDF format or visit The Messenger website to subscribe and receive a free printed copy. This product is also available in the ESOshop.

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ann17011 — Meddelelse

Consular Corps Visits ESO HQ in Garching

17. marts 2017: On 16 March 2017, members of the Consular Corps in Bavaria visited ESO’s Headquarters in Garching bei München, Germany. The Corps consists of consuls and honorary consuls from over 100 consular missions based in the federal state of Bavaria, the largest Consular Corps in any German federal state. The visitors were welcomed by the Dean of the Consular Corps, Mr. Friedemann Greiner, and by ESO Director General Tim de Zeeuw who outlined the mission and activities of ESO. They were then taken on a tour of the facilities. Highlights of the tour included the integration hall, where researchers and engineers assemble instrumentation for use at ESO’s observatories in Chile, and the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre, the world’s first open-source planetarium, currently under construction. This was followed by a luncheon, giving the Consular Corps the chance to engage in conversation with ESO staff and to learn more about ESO.

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ann17010 — Meddelelse

Catch a Star 2017 Contest Now Open

15. marts 2017: School students from around the world are invited to take part in the 2017 Catch a Star contest. This is a European astronomical writing contest, with some prizes that will leave students starry-eyed! To participate, students should submit a written report on an astronomical topic of their own choice — for example, an astronomical object, phenomenon, observation, scientific problem or theory. Reports must be written in English and be no more than 5000 words in length. Contestants may work in groups of up to three students, plus a group leader who is not a student. Each submission must be emailed as a PDF file to astro.edu@gmail.com. The deadline for all entries is 17:00 CET on 20 December 2017. There will be five lucky winners chosen, and each winner will have the chance to carry out their own remote observations at the National Astronomical Observatory “Rozhen”, Bulgaria, or to hold a ...

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ann17009-da — Meddelelse

ESO er stadig Verdens mest produktive jordbaserede observatorium

3. marts 2017: I 565 af artiklerne, hvor ESO var nævnt i 2016, har der været brugt data indsamlet enten med Very Large Telescope (VLT) eller med VLT Interferometeret på Cerro Paranal. De tre mest produktive instrumenter på VLT i denne forbindelse, var UVES, FORS2 og VIMOS, som figurerede i henholdsvis 123, 109 og 75 artikler. Også instrumenterne MUSE og SPHERE er brugt langt mere end i året før. Data fra teleskoperne VISTA og VST på Cerro Paranal har været brugt i henholdsvis 93 og 18 artikler. Udstyr på La Silla observatoriet figurerer i næsten 200 artikler i alt, og HARPS er La Sillas mest produktive instrument med 80 artikler i bæltet. Europæisk observationstid med Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) har ført til 129 artikler i 2016, så der nu er 305 artikler herfra i alt frem til slutningen af 2016. Observationer med Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX) indenfor ESOs tilordnede del af ...

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ann17008 — Meddelelse

ESOcast 96: Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets

22. februar 2017: A total of seven Earth-like, potentially habitable worlds have been discovered orbiting a nearby star known as TRAPPIST-1. Just 40 light-years away, the star’s diminutive size and dim light output mean it is known as an ultracool dwarf. ESOcast 96 explores this important discovery, from how the astronomers made the incredibly intricate measurements required to find and study the planets — including observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope — to each world’s potential to support life as we know it. Excitingly, three of the planets in the system orbit in the habitable zone around TRAPPIST-1, and could harbour oceans of water on their surfaces. Dwarf stars like TRAPPIST-1 are very common in our galaxy, making rich planetary systems like this some of the best targets in humanity’s search for life elsewhere in the Universe. This ESOcast takes you on a journey through one such system, which contains both the largest ...

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ann17007 — Meddelelse

2017 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition Opens

22. februar 2017: The Royal Observatory Greenwich, in association with Insight Investment and BBC Sky at Night Magazine, has announced the key dates for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 competition — its annual global search for the most beautiful and spectacular visions of the cosmos, whether they are striking pictures of vast galaxies millions of light-years away, or dramatic images of the night sky much closer to home. ESO supports the 2017 competition by providing a judge from its education and Public Outreach Department (ePOD). Now in its ninth year, the hugely popular competition will open to entrants on Monday 27 February, giving them the chance of taking home the grand prize of £10 000. Entrants will have until Friday 7 April to enter up to ten images in the various categories of the competition via www.rmg.co.uk/astrophoto. Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 has nine main categories: Skyscapes: Landscape ...

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ann17006 — Meddelelse

ESO Announces Support of Summer AstroCamp

20. februar 2017: ESO is proud to announce its new collaboration with the Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto (CAUP) to support AstroCamp 2017, an astronomy-focused summer academic program for secondary school students. The Summer AstroCamp 2017 will be held from 6 to 20 August in northern Portugal, at the Centre for Environmental Education and Interpretation of the Corno de Bico Protected Landscape. On 25 February, the organisers will host a webcast to provide further information to prospective applicants and their families. The camp aims to stimulate students’ curiosity and critical thinking skills, particularly in the area of astrophysics, and to bring together students from different backgrounds and life experiences. Students will take two courses, which will have daily lessons, some assignments, and a final exam. Some highlights of this year’s programme include: Astronomical observation sessions, both with the naked eye and telescopes — including a session coinciding with the peak ...

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ann17005-da — Meddelelse

ESO Underskriver kontrakt om polering af E-ELTs tertiærspejl

15. februar 2017: Nu har ESO tildelt kontrakten for at polere det tredje spejl i lyset vej igennem teleskopet, det såkaldte M3, til det franske selskab Reosc [1], som er en del af koncernen Safran Electronics & Defense. Firmaet modtager det støbte spejl fra SCHOTT, og det skal designe spejlet og monteringen, polere overfladen og gennemføre alle nødvendige optiske tests før spejlet bliver afleveret[2]. Reosc har også i juli 2016 fået kontrakterne på design, polering af afprøvning af teleskopets sekondærspejl, og på at bygge de deformerbare skal-spejle som kommer til at udgøre E-ELTs fjerde spejl (M4). M3 bliver et kæmpe konkavt spejl; 3,8 meter i diameter - hvilket er i samme størrelsesorden som hovedspejlene i mange af de nuværende teleskoper i topklasse i Verden. Det bliver en usædvanlig konstruktion, for de fleste nuværende store teleskoper, som for eksempel ESOs Very Large Telescope og NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope anvender kun to krumme spejle. I ...

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ann17004 — Meddelelse

Win a Trip to Paranal with the Photo Nightscape Awards 2017

27. januar 2017: ESO is now inviting submissions for the fourth Photo Nightscape Awards (PNA) — an international competition for astrophotographers. As a partner in the competition, which is organised by the Association Française d’Astronomie, ESO will arrange for the winner of the Nightscape category to visit the Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, home of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The competition categories for adult entrants are: Nightscape, Timelapse, and In Town, and they are open to photographers from all countries. The PNA Junior category, for entrants under 18 years old, is reserved for French nationals only. Anyone wishing to take part in the competition should submit a registration form, their photo or timelapse sequence and, if they are under 18 years of age, a parental consent form, to the following email address by 15 August 2017: pna@photonightscapeawards.com. For more detailed information, please refer to the competition rules on the dedicated web page. ...

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ann17003 — Meddelelse

Girls’ Day Event at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany

20. januar 2017: On 27 April 2017, ESO will participate in Germany’s Girls’ Day activities, in which technical enterprises, universities and research organisations open their doors to female school students to give them an insight into science and technology professions and to encourage more of them to choose careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Places for the event are limited. To register, please visit the Girls’ Day website. The ESO Girls’ Day will introduce the work of ESO and highlight many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme includes introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering. The students will learn how astronomical instruments are built, tested and operated. They will also learn how data are collected and used in astronomical research to answer the big questions about the Universe. This will provide the ...

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ann17002 — Meddelelse

Catch a Star 2016 Contest Winners Announced

11. januar 2017: The winners of this year’s Catch a Star Contest have been announced. The top three prizes were awarded to: The Lost Planet, by Andrea Moral Suárez, Natalia Serrano López and Ana Sánchez Díez from Spain; Life on Mars, by Daniel Vilda Rodríguez, Daniel Sayad Pérez Peréz and Iván Rodríguez Lozano from Spain; and Dark Matter in the Classroom by Simona Stoyanova and Ognyan Simeonov from Bulgaria. A complete list of the winners can be found on the Catch a Star website. ESO is presenting a mounted astronomical image to each of the top five places and each winning team will also have the chance either to carry out remote observations at the National Astronomical Observatory “Rozhen”, Bulgaria, or to hold a video conference with a professional astronomer. Secondary school students from around the world were invited to take part in the contest. To participate students had to submit a written ...

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ann17001 — Meddelelse

ESOcast Light series

4. januar 2017: With ESOCast episode 90 we are introducing the ESOcast Light series, a podcast to present the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. Short, snappy and straight to the facts, the brand new Light format presents cutting-edge science wrapped up in a crisp visual style, allowing those on the go to keep up with astronomical news and discoveries. The quick format is perfect to watch any time and anywhere. A 4K UHD version is also available for the ultimate in quality. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. You can watch the first ESOcast Light episode here. You can subscribe to the ESOcasts in iTunes, receive future episodes on YouTube or follow us on Vimeo. Many other ESOcast episodes are also available.

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ann16089-da — Meddelelse

Efter 100 år kender vi nu banen for Proxima Centauri

22. december 2016: Interessen for vores nabostjernesystem Alpha Centauri har været særligt høj siden det blev offentliggjort, at der er en planet, kaldet Proxima b, med en masse nogenlunde som Jordens, som kredser om den tredje stjerne i dette flerstjernesystem. — Proxima Centauri er den stjerne, som befinder sig nærmest Solen. Det større dobbeltstjernepar, Alpha Centauri A and B, ser ud til at have en egenbevægelse på himlen, som meget ligner den, som den mindre og svagere Proxima har, men indtil nu har det ikke været muligt at vise, at de tre stjerner faktisk er bundet til hinanden af tyngdekræfterne imellem dem, så de danner et triple system. Nu har de tre astronomer Pierre Kervella, Frédéric Thévenin og Christophe Lovis, fastslået, at de tre stjerner faktisk er bundet til hinanden. Det har i alle de hundrede år, der er gået siden Proxima Centauri blev opdaget, været meget svært at måle stjernens radialhastighed, fordi ...

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ann16088 — Meddelelse

The Messenger No. 166 Now Available

20. december 2016: The latest edition of ESO's quarterly journal, The Messenger, is now available online. Find out the latest news from ESO on topics ranging from new instruments to the latest science discoveries. Highlights of this edition include: Reaching New Heights in Astronomy — ESO Long Term Perspectives VLT/VLTI Second-Generation Instrumentation: Lessons Learned Science-Grade Imaging Data for HAWK-I, VIMOS, and VIRCAM: The ESO–UK Pipeline Collaboration A Deep ALMA Image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field First ALMA Detection of a Galaxy Cluster Merger Shock Download The Messenger in PDF format or visit The Messenger website to subscribe and receive a free printed copy. This product is also available in the ESOshop.

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ann16087 — Meddelelse

Space Scoop Selected as Great Website for Kids

19. december 2016: The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Great Websites for Kids (GWS) has selected Space Scoop as one of the ten best websites for young children up to 14 years of age. ALSC is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the selection of the Great Websites for Kids by the GWS committee takes place three times a year. ESO is delighted to be one of the partner research institutes that provide content for Space Scoop, alongside ESA, NASA Chandra, the Las Cumbres Observatory and others. The Space Scoop website was launched one year ago as part of the European Commission-funded EU Universe Awareness and EU Space Awareness projects. Every week it brings the latest astronomy news in a form suitable for children and their teachers, to educate and to inspire. Space Scoops are published in digital and print form, as well as via a mobile app, ...

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ann16086 — Meddelelse

3D Map of Distant Galaxies Completed

15. december 2016: For nearly eight years, the VIsible MultiObject Spectrograph (VIMOS) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has been piecing together a three-dimensional map of galaxies in two patches of the southern sky. A total of 440 hours of observing time has gone into measuring the spectra of more than 90 000 distant galaxies, producing a map of a 24-square-degree region on the sky, out to a distance corresponding to when the Universe was around half its current age [1]. In 2013, ESO reported that the international team of astronomers behind the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Survey (VIPERS) had collected data for around 60% of their target galaxies. With the full set of observations now completed, this is the largest redshift survey ever undertaken with ESO telescopes [2] and it provides a view of structures in the younger Universe with an unprecedented combination of detail and spatial extent. By surveying how ...

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