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Science & Reason on Facebook: tinyurl.com ESOcast 13: A sharper view of the Universe with the VLT Interferometer. In principle, the larger a telescopes mirror, the finer the details it can see. Continuing to increase the size of telescope mirrors is not an easy task, so astronomers have come up with a new technology to see even finer details: interferometry. This observational technique combines the light received by two or more telescopes and allows them to act as a single unit with a mirror diameter equivalent to the distance between the telescopes. Engineers designed the VLT so that it can also be used as an interferometer. Along with the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes, four mobile 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) were included in the overall VLT concept to form the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The ATs can move between 30 different stations, and at present, the telescopes can form groups of two or three for interferometry. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing details on the surface of a star millions of millions of kilometres away. Imagine having eyesight so keen that you could check out the surroundings of a black hole. Using ESOs Very Large Telescope Interferometer at Paranal, astronomers are now making these fantasies a reality. Each of the four VLT Unit Telescopes has a primary mirror with a diameter of 8.2 metres. Such …
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Hubblecast 09: Extreme Star Cluster Bursts Into Life. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 3603, a giant nebula hosting one of the most prominent massive young clusters in the Milky Way. This is a splendid location for continued studies of stellar birth in star forming regions. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Will Gater • Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org . Att. Lars Lindberg Christensen, ESO office 011 Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 DE-85748 Garching bei München Germany http .
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Hubblecast 26: Exceptionally Deep View Of Strange Galaxy. A spectacular new image of an unusual spiral galaxy in the Coma Galaxy Cluster has been created from data taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It reveals lots of new details of the galaxy, NGC 4921, as well as an extraordinary rich background of more remote galaxies stretching back to the early Universe. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credits: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser • Animations: Martin Kornmesser • Narration: Richard Hook (ESO) • Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Written by: Lars Lindberg Christensen • Host: Dr. J Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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Hubblecast 06: A Battle Of Giants: Telescopes In Space And On The Ground (HD). — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space – is it a battle of the telescope giants? Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, LL Christensen & R. Shida), Luis Calçada, ESO, Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck Observatory, Subaru Observatory • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser • Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Ana Margarida Lopes • Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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Hubblecast 10: Behind The Hubble Images – Making The Universe Come To Life. We live in a Universe of unimaginable scale and almost incomprehensible beauty. How is the light from the Universe transformed into the images that have inspired generations by making the Universe come to life? — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Welcome to the Hubblecast! Hubblecast features news and Images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Hubblecast is the name for Video Podcast produced by the ESA/Hubble team. Now anyone can follow the hottest and coolest discoveries from the near and far Universe – anywhere, anytime, for free! Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Howard Cooper & Bob Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematography: Peter Rixner • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen & Will Gater • Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen • Host: Dr. J Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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Hubblecast 01: ‘Comet Galaxy’ Being Ripped Apart By Galaxy Cluster. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes, has captured a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster’s gravitational field and harsh environment. The finding sheds light on the mysterious process by which gas-rich spiral-shaped galaxies might evolve into gas-poor irregular- or elliptical-shaped galaxies over billions of years. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury, Francesca Granato • Design: Martin Kornmesser, Francesca Granato •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Aitana Vargas • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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Hubblecast 25: What’s Next? Amazing Telescopes Of The Future. The telescope has been mankind’s window on the Universe for four hundred years. It has provided scientists with unprecedented views of planets, stars and galaxies from our cosmic doorstep to the very depths of space and time. But despite their incredible performance, even the newest and most powerful telescopes leave room for improvement. Astronomers always want to venture beyond their current horizons. In this final chapter we take a look at things to come – the revolutionary ground-based telescopes and space observatories of the future. One thing is certain: there is much left to discover. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Welcome to the Hubblecast! Hubblecast features news and Images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Hubblecast is the name for Video Podcast produced by the ESA/Hubble team. Now anyone can follow the hottest and coolest discoveries from the near and far Universe – anywhere, anytime, for free! Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser • Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada • Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Written by: Govert Schilling & Lars Lindberg Christensen • Host: Dr. J • Narration: Howard Cooper & Bob Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser • Cinematography: Peter Rixner • Music: movetwo …
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Hubblecast 08: Where Do We Come From? A Step Closer To Our Origin. By scrutinising the Hubble Ultra Deep field – the deepest image of the sky ever made – the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant Universe. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen), Hubble Ultra Deep Field and GOODS Flythroughs: NASA, ESA and F. Summers (STScI) – Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury – Special Guest: Dr. Martin Kümmel – Design: Martin Kornmesser -Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida – Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) – Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen – Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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Hubblecast 28: The fifth and final Hubble servicing mission. Shuttle astronauts will visit the Hubble Space Telescope for the final time in May 2009. In five bold and daring spacewalks, they will upgrade Hubble’s instruments allowing it to continue making remarkable scientific discoveries well into the next decade. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credits: • ESA/Hubble (Martin Kornmesser, Lars Lindberg Christensen, Colleen Sharkey) • Visual design: Martin Kornmesser • Animations: Martin Kornmesser • Host: Dr. J • Narration: Gaitee Hussain • Cinematography: Peter Rixner • Music: movetwo • Web Hosting: Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ) •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Music: movetwo • Additional photos and footage: NASA • Written by: Chris Lawton & Lars Lindberg Christensen • Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen & Colleen Sharkey Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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