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ESOcast 119: AOF First Light ESO’s new Adaptive Optics Facility has just opened its eyes to the sky for the first time. Coupled with the revolutionary instrument MUSE, this is one of the most advanced and powerful technological systems ever built for ground-based astronomy. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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ESOcast 117 Light: Eyes Wide Open for New Exoplanet Hunter (4K UHD) The MASCARA (Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA) station at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has achieved first light. This new facility will seek out transiting exoplanets as they pass in front of their bright parent stars and create a catalogue of targets for future exoplanet characterisation observations. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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ESOcast 116: Success or Failure: How to Get Observing Time ESOcast 116 explores how astronomers request time to use an ESO telescope, and how ESO’s Observing Programmes Committee, embarking on its one-hundredth meeting, examines and judges these proposals in order to ensure that ESO is making the best use of its telescopes to advance our knowledge and understanding of the Universe. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →