Dear Fellow Communicators,
Since the last Outreach Newsletter ESO has enjoyed a real starburst of exciting news: the most powerful laser guide stars in astronomy saw first light at Paranal, a unique Manx comet that appears to be made of inner Solar System material from the time of Earth’s formation was observed and three potentially habitable planets were discovered around a nearby ultracool dwarf star.
On 7 May we’ll kick off the #MeetESO adventure: ESO’s first social media gathering, taking eight keen social media users to the sites of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). During their trip they will also witness the transit of Mercury from Paranal. You can follow their trip using the #MeetESO hashtag.
For our astronomy teachers, don’t forget about the teacher training session on Kepler’s Laws and Modern Astronomy, organised by the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre, in collaboration with the Haus der Astronomie, Heidelberg. If you are a German-speaking teacher from our ESO Member States, we invite you to apply before 30 May!
If you missed the #ESOFulldome expedition to our sites in Chile last month, you can check out the growing collection of photos from the trip here.
Don’t forget that if you are a print subscriber to CAPjournal, you will need to confirm your subscription by following the instructions that you can find in the announcement, as well as inside the journal (keep the envelope in which you receive CAPjournal).
If you registered for the Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conference 2016, we hope to see you in Medellin, Colombia, starting 16 May! Otherwise follow #CAP2016 to find out about the wide variety of topics that will be covered. CAP2016 has a packed programme!
Let’s reach new heights in astronomy together!
Lars Lindberg Christensen (lars@eso.org)
Head, ESO education and Public Outreach Department (ePOD)
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22 April 2016: To enhance its programmes of scientific cooperation with the host country Chile, ESO provides and manages an annual fund for the development of astronomy- and technology-related disciplines in Chile. A ...
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12 April 2016: On 12 April 2016 the impressive Star-roof for the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre building was installed. The roof, which weighs almost 30 tonnes, consists of glass panels set ...
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2 May 2016: Astronomers using telescopes at ESO's observatories in Chile have discovered three planets around a dim dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. These worlds have sizes and temperatures similar to ...
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