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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:30 PM
Subject: Another Look at an Enigmatic New World - ESO's Two
Observatories Merge On January 14, 2005, the ESA Huygens probe arrived at Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. After a faultless descent through the dense atmosphere, it touched down on the icy surface of this strange world from where it continued to transmit precious data back to the Earth. Within the framework of a dedicated campaign, astronomers observed Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, with ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory, by means of the adaptive optics NAOS/CONICA instrument mounted on the 8.2-m Yepun telescope. The observations were carried out in several modes, resulting in a series of fine images and detailed spectra of this mysterious moon. Among these are the highest-contrast images of Titan ever taken with any ground-based or earth-orbiting telescope. See the stunning images and read about them in ESO Press Photo 04/05 at http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2005/phot-04-05.html On February 1, 2005, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has merged its two observatories, La Silla and Paranal, into one. This move will help Europe's prime organisation for astronomy to better manage its many and diverse projects by deploying available resources more efficiently where and when they are needed. The merged observatory will be known as the La Silla Paranal Observatory. A press release has been issued on this occasion and is available as ESO Press Release 03/05 at http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2005/pr-03-05.html With kind regards, The ESO EPR Dept. ------- For your information: You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to the "esonews" mailing list. To unsubscribe from this notification service, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe esonews your-email-address in the message body. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you need further assistance. ------- |
