ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. It operates three sites in Chile — La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor — on behalf of its fourteen member states. It builds ALMA together with international partners, and designs the European Extremely Large Telescope.
ESO, the European Southern Observatory, builds and operates a suite of the world's most advanced ground-based astronomical telescopes.
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VISTA Views the Sculptor Galaxy
A spectacular new image of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) has been taken with the ESO VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile as part of one of its first major observational campaigns. By observing in infrared light VISTA’s view is less affected by dust and reveals a myriad of cooler stars as well as a prominent bar of stars across the central region. The VISTA image provides much new information on the history and development of the galaxy.
Announcements
- ESO Annual Report 2009 now available (18/6/2010)
- Issue 8 of CAPjournal (Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal) is now available (18/6/2010)
- Press Kit about the European Extremely Large Telescope available (17/6/2010)
- New ESO flyer available (17/6/2010)
- ESO releases ESOcast 18: Exoplanet Caught on the Move (10/6/2010)
- ESO releases ESOcast 17 about ALMA Construction (28/5/2010)
- ESO Director General Visits Austrian Minister of Science (25/5/2010)
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