Messenger No. 71 (March 1993)

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ESO
The Editor: ESO, CNRS and MPI Sign Agreement on Enhancement of the VLT Interferometer

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1993Msngr..71....1.
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ESO
AA(ESO)
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M. Quattri
The VLT main structure.

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1993Msngr..71....2Q
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Quattri, M.
AA(ESO)
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ESO
The Editor: Riccardo Giacconi Recieves High NASA Honour

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71....3.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
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P. Dierickx
Manufacturing of the 8.2-m Zerodur blanks for the VLT primary mirrors - a progress report.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71....5D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Dierickx, P.
AA(ESO)
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M. Sarazin, J. Navarrete
Seeing at Paranal: mapping the VLT Observatory.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71....7S
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Sarazin, M.; Navarrete, J.
AA(ESO) AB(ESO)
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ESO
Tentative Time-table of Council Sessions and Committee Meetings in 1993

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71....8.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
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R. M. West
The ESO C&EE Programme Begins

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71....9W
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
West, R. M.
AA(ESO)
9-9 (PDF)
A. Blaauw
The ESO Historical Archives (EHA)

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71....9B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Blaauw, A.

10-14 (PDF)
M. di Martino, M. Gonano-Beurer et al.
Physical study of Trojan asteroids: a photometric survey.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...10D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
di Martino, M.; Gonano-Beurer, M.; Mottola, S.; Neukum, G.
AA(Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Pino Torinese, Italy) AB(DLR German Aerospace Research Establishment, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany) AC(DLR German Aerospace Research Establishment, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany) AD(DLR German Aerospace Research Establishment, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)
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G. Mateshvili, Y. Mateshvili
Dust in the Earth's atmosphere before and after the passage of Halley's comet (1984 - 1987).

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...14M
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Mateshvili, G.; Mateshvili, Y.
AA(Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia) AB(Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia)
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ESO
Visiting Astronomers (April 1 - October 1, 1993)

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1993Msngr..71...16.
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ESO
AA(ESO)
17-17 (PDF)
ESO
More 1910 Halley Memorabilia

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1993Msngr..71...17.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
19-21 (PDF)
H. W. Dürbeck, R. Dümmler et al.
The recurrent nova U Sco - a touchstone of nova theories.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...19D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Dürbeck, H. W.; Dümmler, R.; Seitter, W. C.; Leibowitz, E. M.; Shara, M. M.
AA(Astronomical Institute, Munster University Germany) AB(Astronomical Institute, Munster University Germany) AC(Astronomical Institute, Munster University Germany) AD(Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University Israel) AE(Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA)
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J. Bouvier
Rotation of T Tauri stars from multi-site photometric monitoring.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...21B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Bouvier, J.
AA(Laboratoire d 'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, France)
24-25 (PDF)
A. M. Lagrange, J. Bouvier et al.
TY CrA: a pre-main-sequence binary.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...24L
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Lagrange, A. M.; Bouvier, J.; Corporon, P.
AA(Observatoire de Grenoble, France) AB(Observatoire de Grenoble, France) AC(Observatoire de Grenoble, France)
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X.-W. Liu, J. Danziger
Atomic processes and excitation in planetary nebulae.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...25L
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Liu, X.-W.; Danziger, J.
AA(Beijng Observatory, R R. China) AB(ESO)
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M. Azzopardi
Two new catalogues of Small Magellanic Cloud members coming soon.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...29A
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Azzopardi, M.
AA(ESO and Observatoire de Marseille, France)
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S. Bardelli, R. Scaramella et al.
Study of the Shapley supercluster.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...34B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Bardelli, S.; Scaramella, R.; Vettolani, G.; Zamorani, G.; Zucca, E.; Collins, C. A.; MacGillivray, H. T.
AA(Dipartmento di Astronumia, Universita di Bologna, Italy & Osservatorio Astronomico, Bologna, Italy) AB(Osservatorio Astronomico di Rorna, Monteporzio Catone, Italy) AC(Istifuto di Radioastronomia/CNR, Bologna, Italy) AD(Osservaforio Astronomico, Bologna, Italy & Istifuto di Radioastronomia/CNR, Bologna, Italy) AE(Dipartmento di Astronumia, Universita di Bologna, Italy & Istifuto di Radioastronomia/CNR, Bologna, Italy) AF(Physics Department, University of Durham, United Kingdom) AG(Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
37-40 (PDF)
B. Koribalski, R.-J. Dettmar
The starburst galaxy NGC 1808.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...37K
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Koribalski, B.; Dettmar, R.-J.
AA(Max- Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany) AB(Radioastronomisches Institut der Universitat Bonn, Germany)
40-41 (PDF)
ESO
New ESO Preprints (December 1992 - February 1993)

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...40.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
41-43 (PDF)
D. Block, P. Grosbøl et al.
IRAC2 observations of the spiral galaxy NGC 2997.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...41B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Block, D.; Grosbøl, P.; Moneti, A.; Patsis, P.
AA(Visiting Astronomer; European Southern Observatory & Witwatersrand Univetsity South Africa) AB(ESO) AC(ESO) AD(ESO)
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Block, D.L and Wainscoat, R.J., 1991: Nam, =,a.
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K.-H. Duensing, R. Harke et al.
Prototype of the FORS multiple-object spectroscopy unit under test.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...43D
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Duensing, K.-H.; Harke, R.; Nicklas, H.; Renziehausen, H.; Böhnhardt, H.; Hess, H.-J.; Kiesewetter, S.; Mitsch, W.
AA(Universitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Germany) AB(Universitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Germany) AC(Universitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Germany) AD(Universitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Germany) AE(Universitats-Sternwarte Munchen, Germany) AF(Universitats-Sternwarte Munchen, Germany) AG(Universitats-Sternwarte Munchen, Germany) AH(Universitats-Sternwarte Munchen, Germany)
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L. Vigroux, V. de Lapparent et al.
LITE: the Large Imaging Telescope.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...44V
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Vigroux, L.; de Lapparent, V.; Mellier, Y.; Rich, J.; Breuer, H. J.; Lorenz, H.; Marx, S.
AA(DAPNIA, Service d'Astrophysique, CEN Saclay, France) AB(CNRS, lnstitut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France) AC(0bservatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France) AD(DAPNIA, Service de Physique des Particules, CEN Saclay, France) AE(Sonneberg Observatory, Germany) AF(Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany) AG(Taufenburg Observatory, Germany)
46-50 (PDF)
M. Naumann, R. Ungruhe et al.
The ESO Red Sky Survey - a Tool for Galactic and Cosmological Studies

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...46N
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Naumann, M.; Ungruhe, R.; Seitter, W. C.
AA(Astronomisches Institut der Universitat Munster, Germany) AB(Astronomisches Institut der Universitat Munster, Germany) AC(Astronomisches Institut der Universitat Munster, Germany)
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N. Hubin, G. Rousset et al.
First technical run of the Come-On-Plus at the ESO 3.6-m telescope.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...50H
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Hubin, N.; Rousset, G.; Beuzit, J. L.; Boyer, C.; Richard, J. C.
AA(ESO) AB(Chatillon, France) AC(Obsetvatoire de Paris, France) AD(Laserdot, Marcoussis, France) AE(Laboratoire d'Electronique Philips, Limeil-Brevannes)
52-53 (PDF)
J.L. Beuzit, N. Hubin
ADONIS - a user friendly adaptive optics system for the 3.6-m telescope.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...52B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Beuzit, J.L.; Hubin, N.
AA(DESPA, Observatoire de Paris, France) AB(ESO)
53-54 (PDF)
H. E. Schwarz, T. M. C. Abbott
Nonlinearity problems with generation-3 CCD controllers.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...53S
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Schwarz, H. E.; Abbott, T. M. C.
AA(ESO-La Silla) AB(ESO-La Silla)
References:
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54-56 (PDF)
L. Pasquini, A. Gilliotte
CASPEC improvements.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...54P
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Pasquini, L.; Gilliotte, A.
AA(ESO-La Silla) AB(ESO-La Silla)
57-58 (PDF)
T. A. Birulya, D. K. Mikhailov et al.
A new fine-grain photographic emulsion.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...57B
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Birulya, T. A.; Mikhailov, D. K.; Sheglov, P. V.
AA(Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia) AB("Slavitch" A.S., Moscow, Russia) AC(Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia)
57-57 (PDF)
ESO
First Images from DFOSC

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...57.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
59-59 (PDF)
D. A. Verner
Astronomy acknowledgement index 1992.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...59V
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Verner, D. A.
AA(Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Gronigen, the Netherlands, and Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia)
60-61 (PDF)
P. Aniol
Amateur Astronomy with CCDs

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...60A
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Aniol, P.
AA(Sternwarte Cessertshausen, Germany)
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E. Kjär
Development of ESO publications.

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...61K
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Kjär, E.
AA(ESO)
63-64 (PDF)
F. Palma
Written-Off Items Available at ESO Garching

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...63P
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
Palma, F.
AA(ESO)
63-63 (PDF)
ESO
Amateur Astronomy with CCDs

ADS BibCode:
1993Msngr..71...63.
Author(s)/Affiliation(s):
ESO
AA(ESO)
64-64 (PDF)
ESO
Contents

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1993Msngr..71...64.
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AA(ESO)