ESO Annual Report 2004

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ESO Europe Headquarters Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2 85748 Garching bei München Germany Phone +49 89 320 06 -0 Direct lines Director General -226 Visiting Astronomers -233/473 Science Office -229/286 Technology Division -258 Data Management Division -509 Public Affairs Department -276 Instrumentation Division -506 Telescope Division -347 Administration -221 Fax +49 89 320 23 62 www.eso.org Produced by the Public Affairs Department © ESO 2005 ISSN 0531-4496 ESO Chile La Silla Observatory IV Región Chile Phone +56 2 464 4100 Fax +56 2 464 4101 Paranal Observatory II Región Chile Phone +56 55 43 50 00 Fax +56 55 43 50 01 Santiago Office Alonso de Córdova 3107 Vitacura Casilla 19001 Santiago de Chile 19 Chile Phone +56 2 463 30 00 Fax +56 2 463 30 01 La Serena Office Avenida El Santo 1538 Casilla 567 La Serena Chile Phone +56 5122 53 87 Fax +56 51215175 Guest House Rey Gustavo Adolfo 4634 Las Condes Santiago de Chile Chile Phone +56 2 208 42 54 Fax +56 2 228 93 33 Antofagasta Office Avenida Balmaceda 2536 Office 504 Edificio “Don Guillermo” Antofagasta Chile Phone +56 55 26 00 32 Fax +56 55 26 00 81 DVD (Mac/PC) The ESO Annual Report 2004 DVD contains: – The full reports of the divisions in PDF format. – All the ESO Press Releases and Press Photos having been published in 2004. – The four Messenger issues of 2004. The ESO Messenger is the in-house magazine presenting all the latest news about the telescopes and instruments at ESO as well as the exciting science the ESO user community performs. – The list and PDF files of all publications by ESO Staff in SPIE in 2004. – Three Videos in Quicktime format: an ESO trailer, a news reel about the arrival of the First Auxiliary Telescope of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer at Paranal, and the visit of President Ricardo Lagos at Paranal. – A reproduction of the Top 20 of the best astronomical photos taken by the VLT. This Top 20 was made and distributed on April 1, 2004, to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the VLT. To access all these features, view the index.html file in your favourite browser. Back cover photo: NGC 1097 – VLT observation by H. E. Ricardo Lagos Escobar, President of the Republic of Chile.
European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere Organisation Européenne pour des Recherches Astronomiques dans l’Hémisphère Austral Europäische Organisation für astronomische Forschung in der südlichen Hemisphäre
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ESO Annual Report 2004
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ESO is the foremost intergovernment
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Contents Foreword 6 Introduction 7
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Introduction Another year has passe
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expanded at the desert site between
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Research Highlights This year has a
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Two extremely hot transiting exopla
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Formation of rocky planets in circu
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Quadrant 1: 1.600 µm Quadrant 2: 1
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Calibrating the cosmic distance lad
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Intergalactic stars 4 N 6 2 0 0 100
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Closer to the monster Active galaxi
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Composite colour-coded image - base
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Final preparation of AT1. In 2004,
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VLT Operations The VLT Observatory
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REM, the 60-cm robotic telescope th
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Chajnantor During the year the ALMA
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Extremely Large Telescope The OWL c
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Page 50 and 51: The Astrophysical Virtual Observato
Page 52 and 53: ST-ECF ESO and the European Space A
Page 54 and 55: Public Outreach ESO’s public outr
Page 56 and 57: ESO Press Releases ESO Press Photo
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Page 60 and 61: European Affairs As in previous yea
Page 62 and 63: The Observing Programmes Committee
Page 64 and 65: The Scientific Technical Committee
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Page 70: Personnel The activities of the Per
Page 73 and 74: May The MIDI instrument on the VLTI
Page 75 and 76: Signing of the X-Shooter agreement
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Page 89 and 90: Peer-reviewed publications by ESO S
Page 91: Brown, T. M.; Ferguson, H. C.; Smit
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