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2 May 2008 at 5:00am
ESO 12/08 - Press Photo:
Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as of the so-called 'Gegenschein', are real cases in point. 
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24 Apr 2008 at 9:00am
ESO 11/08 - Organisation Release:
At a press conference today at the University of Vienna's Observatory, the Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn announced the decision by the Austrian Government to seek membership of ESO from 1 July this year. 
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17 Apr 2008 at 3:00am
ESO 10/08 - Organisation Release:
A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has been delivered to its new mountaintop home at Cerro Paranal, Chile.
The mirror will now be coupled with a small camera for initial testing prior to installing the main camera in June. Full scientific operations are due to start early next year. VISTA will form part of ESO's Very Large Telescope facility. 
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15 Apr 2008 at 12:00am
ESO 09/08 - Science Release:
By studying in great detail the 'ringing' of a planet-harbouring star, a team of astronomers using ESO's 3.6-m telescope have shown that it must have drifted away from the metal-rich Hyades cluster. This discovery has implications for theories of star and planet formation, and for the dynamics of our Milky Way. 
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2 Apr 2008 at 1:00pm
ESO 08/08 - Science Release:
On 19 March, Nature was particularly generous and provided astronomers with the wealth of four gamma-ray bursts on the same day. But that was not all: one of them is the most luminous object ever observed in the Universe. Despite being located in a distant galaxy, billions of light years away, it was so bright that it could have been seen, for a brief while, with the unaided eye. 
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24 Mar 2008 at 8:01pm
ESO 007/08 - Organisation Release:
Cerro Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert that hosts ESO's Very Large Telescope, will be the stage for scenes in the next James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace". 
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7 Mar 2008 at 2:01am
ESO 06/08 - Science Release:
Astronomers have measured the distribution of mass inside a dark filament in a molecular cloud with an amazing level of detail and to great depth. The measurement is based on a new method that looks at the scattered near-infrared light or 'cloudshine' and was made with ESO's New Technology Telescope. Associated with the forthcoming VISTA telescope, this new technique will allow astronomers to better understand the cradles of newborn stars. 
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10 Feb 2008 at 4:01pm
ESO 05/08 - Science Release:
Taking advantage of the presence of light echoes, a team of astronomers have used an ESO telescope to measure, at the 1% precision level, the distance of a Cepheid - a class of variable stars that constitutes one of the first steps in the cosmic distance ladder. 
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30 Jan 2008 at 10:00am
ESO 04/08 - Science Release:
Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope to measure the distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant Universe. This opens fascinating perspectives to better understand what drives the acceleration of the cosmic expansion and sheds new light on the mysterious dark energy that is thought to permeate the Universe. 
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29 Jan 2008 at 2:01am
ESO 03/08 - Science Release:
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have probed the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding a young stellar object, witnessing how it gains its mass before becoming an adult. 
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ESO - The European Southern Observatory Homepage
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research and operates astronomical observatories in Chile.
Deep Impact at ESO
ESO's telescopes will also be used in the post-impact observations. As soon as the comet is visible after the impact from Chile, all major ESO telescopes - the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Array at Paranal, as well as the 3.6m, 3.5m NTT and the 2.2m ESO/MPG telescopes at La Silla - will be observing Comet 9P/Tempel 1.
The site contains a number of animations, photos, interviews and background information on the mission and comets in general.
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The Sky 6 - Student Edition (from Software Bisque). The Sky Student Edition is for the budding or student astronomer. It is easy to use, yet contains a powerful set of features to help learn about the fascinating field of astronomy.
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Meade LXD75 SN-6" Telescope with UHTC. Opens up the sky to images and capabilities previously unavailable to the cost-conscious amateur astronomer.
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Starry Night AstroPhoto Suite CD-ROM. Capture beautiful astronomical photographs using Maxlm DL lite digital imaging in one comprehensive, easy-to-use package.
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