ESO — Dancing with the Enemy — Photo Release eso1840

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 12 December 2018 12 December 2018 — ESO Photo Release eso1840 Dancing with the Enemy— ESO's R Aquarii Week continues with the sharpest R Aquarii image ever While testing a new subsystem on the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers were able to capture dramatic details of the turbulent stellar relationship in the binary star R Aquarii with unprecedented clarity — even compared to observations from Hubble. The release, images and videos are available on: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1840/ Kind regards, The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department 12 December 2018   ESO Announcements Riccardo Giacconi (1931–2018) — "Father of X-ray astronomy" and former ESO Director General key to the success of ESO's Very Large Telescope has passed away 11 December 2018: ESO's fifth Director General, Riccardo Giacconi, passed away on Sunday 9 December 2018 at the age of 87. Riccardo Giacconi led ESO from 1993 to 1999, at a crucial ... Read more NAOMI Sees First Light — New cutting-edge adaptive optics module for ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer 7 December 2018: The New Adaptive Optics Module for Interferometry (NAOMI) has seen first light after being installed on all four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) of ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer ... Read more Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Picture of the Week 10 December 2018 ESO's R Aquarii Week: exploring the ever-changing nature of R Aquarii Upcoming Events Ongoing Café & Kosmos in Munich 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V 2 July 2019: Total Solar Eclipse Upcoming Exhibitions 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V event. Bern, Switzerland.              ESO Pictures of the Week You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to ESO News. Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser Follow us on: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany