Paolo Padovani is an astronomer at ESO studying Active Galactic Nuclei using data covering the entire electromagnetic spectrum. He also works on very deep radio surveys and neutrino astronomy. Paolo previously led ESO’s participation in the Virtual Observatory and, since 2011, has contributed to the development of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in the telescope’s science office.

La Silla Paranal Users Workshop held at ESO headquarters in Garching in March 2018.

La Silla Paranal Users Workshop held at ESO headquarters in Garching in March 2018.

Screenshot von ESOcast 168.

La Silla Paranal Users Workshop held at ESO headquarters in Garching in March 2018.

Science day 2018 group photo.

Two ESO astronomers are shown accessing the ESO Archive Science Portal, which was developed for easier, more intuitive use of the ESO Science Archive.

Bei einer Zeremonie am Hauptsitz der ESO in Garching unterschrieb die ESO am 18. Juni 2018 einen Vertrag mit der belgischen AGC Glass Europe für die Planung, Herstellung und Installation der Beschichtungsanlage für die Hauptspiegel-Segmente des Extremely Large Telescope. Das Unternehmen wird für den Bau der Anlagen im Paranal-Observatorium der ESO im Norden Chiles verantwortlich sein. Dort sollen die einzelnen Segmente des Teleskop-Hauptspiegels mit einer geschützten Schicht aus stark reflektierendem Silber beschichtet werden.

Bei einer Zeremonie am Hauptsitz der ESO in Garching unterschrieb die ESO am 18. Juni 2018 einen Vertrag mit der belgischen AGC Glass Europe für die Planung, Herstellung und Installation der Beschichtungsanlage für die Hauptspiegel-Segmente des Extremely Large Telescope. Das Unternehmen wird für den Bau der Anlagen im Paranal-Observatorium der ESO im Norden Chiles verantwortlich sein. Dort sollen die einzelnen Segmente des Teleskop-Hauptspiegels mit einer geschützten Schicht aus stark reflektierendem Silber beschichtet werden.

Das Bild zeigt Repräsentanten der ESO und der AGC Glass Europe bei der Vertragszeremonie.

At a ceremony at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany, on 18 June 2018, ESO signed the contract for the design, manufacture and installation of the coating plant for the primary mirror segments of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope with Belgium-based company AGC Glass Europe. The company will be responsible for the construction of the facilities at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile which will be used to coat the telescope’s individual primary mirror segments with a protected layer of highly reflective silver.

Bei einer Zeremonie am Hauptsitz der ESO in Garching unterschrieb die ESO am 18. Juni 2018 einen Vertrag mit der belgischen AGC Glass Europe für die Planung, Herstellung und Installation der Beschichtungsanlage für die Hauptspiegel-Segmente des Extremely Large Telescope. Das Unternehmen wird für den Bau der Anlagen im Paranal-Observatorium der ESO im Norden Chiles verantwortlich sein. Dort sollen die einzelnen Segmente des Teleskop-Hauptspiegels mit einer geschützten Schicht aus stark reflektierendem Silber beschichtet werden.

Das Bild zeigt den Vertragsabschluss mit ESO-General-Direktor Xavier Barcons neben Patrick Van Bortel, New Business Manager Building and Industrial Glass, AGC Glass Europe, zu sehen. Ein dritter Unterzeichner, Philippe Bastien, Regional-Präsident Building and Industrial Glass bei der AGC Glass Europe, konnte an der Veranstaltung nicht teilnehmen und unterschrieb den Vertrag bereits vorab.

Two ESO astronomers are shown accessing the ESO Archive Science Portal, which was developed for easier, more intuitive use of the ESO Science Archive.

Der ehemalige ESO-Vertreter in Chile, Fernando Comerón, erhält die Auszeichnung "Friend of Marca España" vom Hohen Kommissar der spanischen Regierung für Marca España, Herrn Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros.

Die vier Preisträger der Friends of Marca España. Von links nach rechts: Fernando Comerón, ehemaliger Vertreter der ESO in Chile, Esperanza Cueto, Präsidentin der Fundación Colunga, die sich der Unterstützung von Initiativen für Bildung und Armutsbekämpfung widmet, Miguel Torres, Präsident der Torres-Weingüter in Chile und Ricardo Lagos, ehemaliger Präsident der Republik Chile.

Ferdinando (Nando) Patat holds a Masters and a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Padova, Italy. He was an ESO student in Garching and a postdoctoral ESO Fellow at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. He currently leads ESO’s Observing Programmes Office, the department in charge of telescope time allocation. A member of numerous international collaborations, he mainly works in the field of supernova explosions in the local Universe.

A meeting of the Fornax3D survey team in February 2018. The team are looking into the history of early-type galaxies and how their envirnoment drives their evolution and transformation.

Legendary Bass player Tony Levin recently visited ESO’s telescopes at Paranal and ALMA as part of a visitor group which included Steven Rothery from Marillion, Rick Armstrong and comedian Russell Peters.

Together with Rick and Steven, the group played a few songs on Paranal and ALMA for the local staff before being shown around the respective sites.

Tony, a keen photographer decided to use the occasion to take some pictures of the incredible landscapes the and of course, the southern sky at night which he then turned in to this stunning piece of music and video.

Anfang 2018 wurde ESO-Astronom Claudio Melo ESO-Repräsentant in Chile. Er ersetzt Fernando Comerón, der seit 2013 ESO-Repräsentant war.

Sudents at the ESO Girls’ Day event gets hands-on technical experience. The event introduced the work of ESO and highlighted many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme included introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering.

During Germany’s Girls’ Day activities, technology companies, universities and research organisations like ESO open their doors to female school students to give them an insight into scientific and technological professions and to encourage more of them to choose careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

Sudents at the ESO Girls’ Day event gets hands-on astronomy experience. The event introduced the work of ESO and highlighted many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme included introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering.

During Germany’s Girls’ Day activities, technology companies, universities and research organisations like ESO open their doors to female school students to give them an insight into scientific and technological professions and to encourage more of them to choose careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

Sudents at the ESO Girls’ Day event gets hands-on technical experience. The event introduced the work of ESO and highlighted many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme included introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering.

During Germany’s Girls’ Day activities, technology companies, universities and research organisations like ESO open their doors to female school students to give them an insight into scientific and technological professions and to encourage more of them to choose careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

A student at the ESO Girls’ Day event gets hands-on technical experience. The event introduced the work of ESO and highlighted many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme included introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering.

During Germany’s Girls’ Day activities, technology companies, universities and research organisations like ESO open their doors to female school students to give them an insight into scientific and technological professions and to encourage more of them to choose careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

A student at the ESO Girls’ Day event gets hands-on technical experience at ESO. The event introduced the work of ESO and highlighted many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme included introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering.

This image shows students at the ESO Girls’ Day event. The event introduced the work of ESO and highlighted many of our daily activities, such as astrophysical research, mechanical and opto-mechanical design and integration, operations, and much more. The programme included introductory talks as well as hands-on workshops on astronomy and engineering.

Here, a pair of students construct their own circuit boards during a hands-on workshop.

Participants of La Silla Paranal Users Workshop, a 2.5 days event, which informed researchers and professionals on the different instruments at the observatory, as well as provide an overview on different processes related to ESO, such as proposal writing, data reduction or ESO software.