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 fifteen 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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The Flames of Betelgeuse
Using the VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have imaged a complex and bright nebula around the supergiant star Betelgeuse in greater detail than ever before. This structure, which resembles flames emanating from the star, is formed as the behemoth sheds its material into space.
RSSAnnouncements
- 22 Jun 2011 — ESOcast 31: Pandora's Cluster
- 22 Jun 2011 — ESO’s New Compact Laser Guide Star Unit Tested
- 20 Jun 2011 — Alan Moorwood, 1945–2011
- 20 Jun 2011 — ESO releases The Messenger No. 144
- 17 Jun 2011 — Sweden Starts Committing to the E-ELT
- 15 Jun 2011 — ESO Annual Report 2010 now available
- 15 Jun 2011 — ESO Moves One Step Closer to the First Extremely Large Telescope
- 10 Jun 2011 — Science in School Issue 19 Out Now!
- 08 Jun 2011 — ESOcast 30: First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope
- 06 Jun 2011 — VLT's Interferometer Goes Deeper
- 03 Jun 2011 — Czech Republic Commits to the E-ELT
- 03 Jun 2011 — Café & Kosmos 7 June 2011
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Picture of the Week
Hiding in Plain Sight — the elusive Carina Dwarf Galaxy
