ESO — First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast — Organisation Release eso1801

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 9 January 2018 9 January 2018 — ESO Organisation Release eso1801 First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast The first six hexagonal segments for the main mirror of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) have been successfully cast by the German company SCHOTT at their facility in Mainz. These segments will form parts of the ELT's 39-metre main mirror, which will have 798 segments in total when completed. The ELT will be the largest optical telescope in the world when it sees first light in 2024. The release, images and videos are available on: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1801/ Kind regards, The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department 9 January 2018   ESO Announcements The Messenger No. 170 Now Available 22 December 2017: 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 ... Read more ESO Director General meets European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation 21 December 2017: On 19 December 2017 in Brussels, ESO's Director General, Xavier Barcons, met the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, and the EC Director-General of Research and ... Read more   ESOblog ESO's Collaboration with Industry Author: Xavier Barcons 22 December 2017: In this blog post, our Director General Xavier Barcons explains how ESO works together with industry partners throughout our Member States to deliver some of the most advanced telescopes and ... Read more Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Pictures of the Week 8 January 2018 Supermoon beckons in the new year 1 January 2018 Ribbons and pearls 25 December 2017 Comparison image: HAWK-I and Hubble Explore a Cluster with the Mass of two Quadrillion Suns Upcoming Events Ongoing Café & Kosmos in Munich Exposicion Awesome Universe en el Liceo Benjamin Munoz Gamero de Puerto Octay 26 April 2018: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters 2 July 2019: Total Solar Eclipse Upcoming Exhibitions 26 - 28 February 2018: Big Science Business Forum. Copenhagen, Denmark. 3 - 6 April 2018: EWASS. Liverpool, United Kingdom. 20 - 31 August 2018: IAU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria.              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

ESO — Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star’s Surface — Photo Release eso1741

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 20 December 2017 20 December 2017 — ESO Photo Release eso1741 Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star's Surface Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System — the ageing red giant π1 Gruis. This remarkable new image from the PIONIER instrument reveals the convective cells that make up the surface of this huge star, which has 350 times the diameter of the Sun. Each cell covers more than a quarter of the star's diameter and measures about 120 million kilometres across. These new results are being published this week in the journal Nature. The release, images and videos are available on: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1741/ Kind regards, The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department 20 December 2017   ESO Announcements ESO Signs Contract for ELT Laser Sources 18 December 2017: ESO has signed a new agreement with TOPTICA, the German photonics company, for the production of lasers to be used in ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) adaptive optics system ... Read more   ESOblog Wind Tunnel Tests: Preparing the ELT for Mountain Life Author: Stefano Mian Author: Daniele Rocchi Author: Luca Ronchi 15 December 2017: The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) promises to open a whole new chapter in astronomy when it sees first light in 2024, and scientists, engineers, designers and other experts are enthusiastically ... Read more Stars@ESO Gerard 't Hooft at ESO's Paranal Observatory 19 December 2017: On 15 December 2017, ESO Representative Fernando Comeron welcomed Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft to ESO's Paranal Observatory. A professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 't Hooft is ... Read more Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Picture of the Week 18 December 2017 Season's Greetings from the European Southern Observatory! Upcoming Events Ongoing Café & Kosmos in Munich Exposicion Awesome Universe en el Liceo Benjamin Munoz Gamero de Puerto Octay 26 December 2017 - 1 January 2018: Fifth ESO Astronomy Winter Camp for Secondary School Students 26 April 2018: Girls' Day at ESO Headquarters Upcoming Exhibitions 26 - 28 February 2018: Big Science Business Forum. Copenhagen, Denmark. 3 - 6 April 2018: EWASS. Liverpool, United Kingdom. 20 - 31 August 2018: IAU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria.              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