ESO — Free Open Source Materials from the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre — Organisation Release eso1901

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 11 January 2019 11 January 2019 — ESO Organisation Release eso1901 Free Open Source Materials from the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre— Extensive free materials for astronomy communicators have been made available from the world's first open-source planetarium Since it opened in April 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre has shared the wonders of the Universe with more than 55 000 visitors and captured the attention of audiences from around the globe. Now, the ESO Supernova's extensive library of high-resolution images, stunning videos, educational texts and planetarium resources, as well as a digital version of its state-of-the-art astronomical exhibition, have been made freely available online. The release, images and videos are available on: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1901/ Kind regards, The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department 11 January 2019   ESO Announcements ESOcast 190: Chile Chill 12 — Fire in the Heavens 11 January 2019: Before the scientific discoveries made using ESO telescopes can find themselves on your screen, they pass through the expert hands of talented visual artists and composers. This new ESOcast is ... Read more New baseline schedule for ESO's Extremely Large Telescope 20 December 2018: Since the ESO Council gave their "green light" to start the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2014, the programme has been advancing rapidly. To date, almost 90 ... Read more ELT's HARMONI spectrograph passes Preliminary Design Review — Cutting-edge instrument passes critical tests and gains powerful adaptive optics system 20 December 2018: HARMONI, one of the first-light instruments for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review process (PDR). During a  week of intense discussions with the HARMONI ... Read more   ESOblog From giant telescopes to mini particle accelerators — How ESO helped CERN's AWAKE experiment catch a wave Paolo La Penna Marco Quattri 21 December 2018: How can knowledge about building ESO's world-class telescopes help accelerate tiny particles at CERN? Surprisingly, it can be vital! Organisations that are part of the EIROforum often share resources and ... Read more Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Pictures of the Week 7 January 2019 A portrait of a beauty 31 December 2018 The blue hour 24 December 2018 Face to face with the Moon New on eso.org New APOD: M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy 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