Ogłoszenia 2014

28 kwietnia 2014: To enhance their programmes of scientific cooperation with the host country, ESO provides and manages an annual fund for the development of astronomy and technology related disciplines in Chile. The board, consisting of members from ESO and the Chilean Government, working through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, evaluates and selects programmes to be supported by this fund. These fall in five areas: ESO grant funding to postdoctoral programmes in astronomy at Chilean academic institutions. Funding for academic faculty positions for periods of up to two years at Chilean academic institutions. Funding to support the development and presentation of educational programmes for the teaching and dissemination of astronomy in Chile. Funding to support development programmes and the construction of technological systems for astronomy. Funding to support the development of astronomy in areas not covered by the above four categories. The committee will consider all proposals that contribute to the development of ...

25 kwietnia 2014: The latest issue of the free magazine Science in School is now available online and in print. This European journal for science teachers offers inspiring articles, fun games and hands-on activities for students in every issue. It aims to promote inspiring science teaching by encouraging communication between teachers, scientists and everyone else involved in European science education. Some of the highlights of this issue include: how to use citizen science in the classroom, how archaeology and genetics reveal the cause of the Black Death, glaciers on Mars, and how a simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research. Teaching activities include: how to evaluate Planck’s constant using simple equipment in the classroom and how to teach chemistry for the youngest of children. Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight European intergovernmental scientific research organisations, of which ESO is ...

16 kwietnia 2014: Dzięki nowej aplikacji opracowanej we współpracy z polską firmą Bridge, sieć Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) można będzie podziwiać na swoim tablecie lub smartfonie w formie trójwymiarowej. Aby efekt 3D zadziałał wystarczy odpowiedni wydruk z pliku PDF, zwany „trackerem”. Aplikacja ALMA Augmented Reality może być wykorzystywana do zabawy albo jako narzędzie edukacyjne do lepszego poznania ALMA poprzez wizualizację sieci 66 anten na dotykowym ekranie. Powiększenie wybranych anten pozwala na dostrzeżenie szczegółów w postaci modelu trójwymiarowego. W celu pobrania aplikacji ALMA Augmented Reality można odwiedzić Google Play albo iTunes AppStore. Dokument „trackera” jest dostępny jako formularz PDF na witrynie ESO. ALMA to sieć 66 anten rozmieszczonych na obszarze do 16 kilometrów na płaskowyżu Chajnantor na wysokości 5000 metrów n.p.m. w północnym Chile. Jest najpotężniejszym istniejącym teleskopem do obserwacji chłodnego Wszechświata. Sieć ALMA została zainaugurowana w marcu 2013 r. Firma Bridge jest biurem projektowo-technicznym opracowującym technologie rzeczywistości rozszerzonej. Więcej informacji Międzynarodowy kompleks ...

15 kwietnia 2014: ESO’s Paranal–Armazones site in Chile has been shortlisted as one of two potential sites in the southern hemisphere for the international Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) — a large array for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. This is an important step towards the realisation of the project and if the site is selected, this will open up a new frontier for ESO. On 10 April 2014 Government representatives from the 12 of the countries [1] involved in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project met in Munich and decided to start negotiations with the two sites — Aar in Namibia and ESO's Paranal–Armazones site in Chile — keeping Leoncito in Argentina as a third option. The CTA project is an initiative to build the next generation of ground-based, very high energy gamma-ray instruments. The CTA project aims to use detection of high-energy gamma-rays to provide a deeper insight into the high-energy Universe. The representatives ...

11 kwietnia 2014: Miłośnicy astronomii na całym świecie mogą podziwiać najlepsze zdjęcia ESO oraz najświeższe wieści z Wszechświata na swoich telewizorach Samsung Smart TV. W grudniu 2013 roku firma uruchomiła w Ameryce Południowej aplikację AstroImages, a teraz poszerza jej zasięg umieszczając w swoich produktach Smart TV na całym świecie. AstroImages pozwala użytkownikom na oglądanie w swoich domach pięknych zdjęć wykonanych przez ESO. Materiały obejmują zarówno komunikaty prasowe z najnowszymi informacjami astronomicznymi, jak i Zdjęcia Tygodnia oraz top 100 najlepszych zdjęć z ESO. „Dzięki tej aplikacji można cieszyć się pięknem i wspaniałością naszego Wszechświata poprzez spektakularne zdjęcia ESO wyświetlane na własnym telewizorze. W swoim domu można odkrywać Układ Słoneczny, mgławice, gromady gwiazd i wiele innych cudów widocznych na niebie” mówi Daniel Petrini z Samsung Electronics. AstroImages znajduje się w Samsung Apps w kategorii Edukacja. Aplikacja jest skierowana do dzieci, młodzieży oraz dorosłych zainteresowanych nauką. Dostępna jest na wszystkich telewizorach Samsunga posiadających opcję Samsung Apps. ...

4 kwietnia 2014: Auer Weber has won a Best in Interior and Architecture award for the ESO Headquarters extension project at the Architecture, Interior, Technical Solutions (AIT), Awards 2014. After being shortlisted as one of six finalists in the category of Office/Administration, the ESO Headquarters extension project went on to receive a special mention at the award ceremony at the Light+Building Trade Fair 2014 held in Frankfurt, Germany on 2 April 2014. The AIT Award was first launched in 2012 and immediately became one of the largest competitions for architecture and interior design worldwide. An internationally renowned jury of architects and interior designers judge the awards — this year from a total of 573 submitted works from 31 countries. The award is divided into eight different categories [1] where all types of architectural projects and interior spaces can be submitted. On 10 March 2014, an international jury selected the ten to fifteen best ...

4 kwietnia 2014: During the week of 16 June 2014 there will be a major media event at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile to mark the blasting of the top of Cerro Armazones, the 3000-metre peak that will be the home of the European Extremely Large Telescope. The ceremony will be attended by VIPs from both Chile and the ESO Member States as well as representatives of the local communities, senior officials from the project and ESO staff. It will be a significant milestone in the construction of the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world. Members of the media are invited to attend in person to both witness the ceremony and to visit ESO’s Paranal Observatory at its spectacular site in the Atacama Desert. Please express your interest by filling out the ESO media visit form, noting that you wish to attend the E-ELT mountain blasting event under “Objective of the Visit.” ...

2 kwietnia 2014: A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck northwest Chile at 20:46 local time (01:46 CEST) on Tuesday 1 April 2014. The epicentre was about 95 kilometres north-west of the city of Iquique. The earthquake has caused significant casualties and damage in coastal regions. Large parts of the Pacific coast were evacuated in response to tsunami warnings. ESO expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and its sympathy and support for all those affected by the earthquake. The epicentre was about 500 kilometres from both the ALMA/APEX and Paranal sites. No casualties among ESO staff have been reported, and no damage to any ESO facilities, but this is affecting staff with families and friends in the north of Chile. Some of the staff at Paranal come from the most affected regions in Iquique and Arica. To our knowledge all staff currently on site have in the meantime been able to ...

28 marca 2014: 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: Laser Guide Star Facility upgrade The calibration of ALMA using radio sources The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: 10 000 galaxies to study the early phases of galaxy assembly at 2 < z < 6+ When VLT meets HST: The HUGS survey Celebrating 50 years of ESO in Chile Download The Messenger in PDF format or visit The Messenger website to subscribe and receive a free printed copy.

28 marca 2014: The ESO Science Outreach Network (ESON) has grown wider following the appointment of national representatives for Hungary, Serbia and Australia. The network now covers 30 countries, including the 15 ESO Member States. The core of the ESO website is now available in 21 different languages. Press releases are translated into 18 different languages, and the Pictures of the Week and announcements are also being made available in more languages. The nodes of the ESO Science Outreach Network act as ESO’s local media and outreach contacts, with the general aim of promoting ESO's mission and demonstrating the many inspirational aspects of astronomy. They also serve as contacts between the media and scientists in their local area and can also be approached in connection with ESO’s projects and other science outreach initiatives. The 30 countries in the ESO Science Outreach Network are the 15 ESO Member States: Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, ...

27 marca 2014: ESO's Ultra HD Expedition team have begun their journey to capture ESO's three unique observing sites in Chile in all their grandeur. ESO's videographer Herbert Zodet and three ESO Photo Ambassadors, Yuri Beletsky, Christoph Malin and Babak Tafreshi are equipped with powerful Ultra HD tools [1] supplied by the technology's front runners [2]. The expedition provides an opportunity to demonstrate this state-of-the-art technology and to deliver crisp, breathtaking Ultra HD footage — bringing the Universe closer than ever before. The team continues to share their personal accounts of their 17-day adventure on the ESO Ultra HD Expedition blog and you can follow their travels through the journey schedule as the expedition unfolds. The team have now reached ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope array (VLT) — ESO's flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy. Next, they will drive to ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...

26 marca 2014: W tym odcinku ESOcast prezentujemy najnowsze odkrycie, że odległa planetoida Chariklo jest otoczona przez dwa gęste i wąskie pierścienie. Przy tym niespodziewanym odkryciu zostały wykorzystane teleskopy z siedmiu miejsc w Ameryce Południowej, w tym 1,54-metrowy duński teleskop oraz teleskop TRAPPIST w Obserwatorium ESO La Silla w Chile Unikalne znalezisko wzbudziło duże zainteresowanie i dyskusje, ponieważ mamy do czynienia z najmniejszych obiektem posiadającym pierścienie oraz dopiero piątym ciałem w Układzie Słonecznym charakteryzującym się tą cechą (oprócz znacznie większych planet: Jowisza, Saturna, Urana i Neptuna). Astronomowie przypuszczają, że ten rodzaj pierścieni mógł uformować się z materiału pozostałego po kolizji. W odcinku ESOcast nr 64 opowiadamy historię tego niezwykłego odkrycia. Dostępne jest także więcej odcinków ESOcast. Dowiedz się w jaki sposób pobrać napisy do ESOcast w różnych językach oraz jak można zgłosić się do tłumaczenia filmów serii ESOcast w dotSUB. Więcej informacji Seria podcastów wideo ESOcast jest poświęcona najnowszym wiadomościom i badaniom z ...

25 marca 2014: An international team of astronomers, led by Felipe Braga-Ribas (Observatório Nacional/MCTI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), has used telescopes at seven locations in South America, including the 1.54-metre Danish and TRAPPIST telescopes at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, to make a surprise discovery in the outer Solar System. This unexpected result raises several unanswered questions and is expected to provoke much debate. A press conference will be held in Brazil to present the new results and allow opportunities for questions. Note that all information regarding these findings is under strict embargo until 19:00 CET (15:00 BRT) on Wednesday 26 March 2014. When: The conference will be held on 26 March 2014 at 14:30 local time (BRT) and will take place in Portuguese with a summary in English. Who: The conference presenters are: Felipe Braga-Ribas, Observatório Nacional/MCTI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bruno Sicardy, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France Prof. ...

24 marca 2014: A new 22-watt laser has now been accepted from the system supplier TOPTICA and its partner MPB following nearly five years of sustained collaboration and effort (see ann1045, ann1048, ann11039, ann12012 and ESOcast 34). This laser system will form part of the Adaptive Optics Facility at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) [1]. This laser, and four further similar units (including one spare) that will be delivered later, constitute key elements of the new facility and this acceptance marks a major step forward for the project. Five years ago the options for obtaining high power, reliable lasers in a compact format suitable for the requirements of the Adaptive Optics Facility were very limited. But now new technology and dedicated research and development have changed the landscape. After three months of acceptance testing at ESO, the project team was very happy with the performance of the new hardware, which holds great promise ...

14 marca 2014: Rozpoczęły się roboty budowlane w projekcie European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Chilijska firma ICAFAL Ingeniería y Construcción S.A. (ICAFAL) rozpoczęła budowę drogi na szczyt Cerro Armazones. Obecnie brakuje drogi utwardzonej łączącej drogi publiczne z wierzchołkiem góry. Budowa drogi powinna zająć 16 miesięcy. Umożliwi dostęp do szczytu dla przyszłych prac konstrukcyjnych gigantycznego teleskopu. Po ukończeniu droga będzie mieć 11 metrów całkowitej szerokości oraz asfaltową powierzchnię o szerokości 7 metrów. Firma ICAFAL będzie także odpowiedzialna za wypoziomowanie szczytu góry, co ma nastąpić w dalszej części roku oraz za dodatkowe roboty budowlane. Wierzchołek musi zostać zmodyfikowany, aby utworzyć platformę do budowy teleskopu i pozostałych budynków. Rozpoczęcie działania teleskopu jest planowane na początek następnej dekady, kiedy to E-ELT zacznie rozwiązywać największe astronomiczne wyzwania naszych czasów. Olbrzymi teleskop umożliwi badania kompletnie nieznanych obszarów Wszechświata. Będzie największym optycznym/podczerwonym teleskopem na świecie: „największym okiem świata na niebo”.

14 marca 2014: A survey of the number of peer-reviewed scientific papers published in 2013 using data from ESO’s telescopes and instruments has shown that ESO remains the world’s most productive ground-based observatory. Astronomers used observational data from ESO facilities to produce 840 refereed papers last year. The number of papers published from ESO data in 2013 has even remained slightly higher than the number of papers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Nearly 70% of all papers credited to ESO in 2013 used data acquired using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) or VLT Interferometer facilities. The most productive VLT instruments in terms of papers remain FORS2 and UVES. X-shooter also showed a steep increase in the number of publications and has produced a total of almost 170 papers from 2010 to 2013. Other facilities at the La Silla Paranal Observatory — including the survey telescope VISTA at Paranal, as well ...

12 marca 2014: The ESO Director General, Tim de Zeeuw, together with ESO Council President Xavier Barcons, ESO Representative in Chile Fernando Comerón, and Director of Operations Andreas Kaufer met Michelle Bachelet, the incoming President of Chile, on 10 March 2014, the day before her inauguration. The delegation passed on their congratulations, and looked forward to a fruitful and productive collaboration between ESO and its host nation. This meeting took place at the Academia Diplomática de Chile (Diplomatic Academy of Chile) where Michelle Bachelet also held meetings with several high level organisations and delegations from all over the world who had been invited to the ceremonies marking the handover of power in Chile. Later in the afternoon, Fernando Comerón and Tim de Zeeuw attended an official reception with the outgoing President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, at the Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago, where they had the opportunity of personally thanking him for ...

7 marca 2014: ESO invites you to take part in the first edition of the Photo Nightscape Awards (PNA) — an international photo nightscape competition to celebrate astrophotography. As a partner in the competition organised by Ciel et Espace Photos, ESO will award the winner of the professional category with a trip to Paranal, home of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and part of the Paranal-Armazones complex, which is under construction. For this first edition of the awards, the categories “Pro” and “Espoir” (Hope) will be available. The Pro category is open to all photographers from across the world who have already published or sold any photographs, whereas the category Espoir is for photographers that hold French nationality and who have previously neither sold nor published their photographs. Those who wish to take part in the competition should submit a registration form and, if they are under age, a parental consent form. For ...

4 marca 2014: Award-winning French actress Juliette Binoche and Irish actor Gabriel Byrne visited ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile on 22 February 2014. Juliette Binoche then travelled on to visit ALMA on 24 February. Famed for their performances in many successful films, Juliette Binoche and Gabriel Byrne expressed an interest in visiting the most prominent observatories during their free time in northern Chile. They are currently shooting an upcoming film named The 33 — based on the dramatic true story of the miners who were successfully rescued after many weeks trapped underground following an accident at the San José mine in 2010. The actress and actor were hosted at Paranal by ESO's Director of Administration Patrick Geeraert and ESO's Representative in Chile Fernando Comerón. Arriving in time to watch the sunset at Cerro Paranal on 22 February, they saw the opening of the VLT domes as they prepared for the night ahead. ...

19 lutego 2014: In our latest episode of the ESOcast, we delve into the history of telescope mirrors and their evolution over time. Enormous telescope mirrors allow astronomers to peer much deeper into the night sky than the tiny light-collecting area of the human eye permits. In this episode, the reason for the ever-growing size of telescopes is explored as the story behind these flexible giants is told. The challenges of building larger yet lighter mirrors have paved the way for innovative thinking and have consequently led to telescope designs such as ESO’s New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). To find out how and why such designs revolutionised telescope mirror design, explore the past, present and future of telescope mirror design in ESOcast 63: Flexible Giants — The Evolution of Telescope Mirrors. More Information The ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest ...