Science news articles about 'metre telescope'

  • A fine-tooth comb to measure the accelerating universe

    ... , have come a step closer with the first demonstration at the telescope of a new calibration system for precise spectrographs ... -finder instrument on ESO's 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla in Chile, before ...
  • Astronomers discover missing link for origin of comets

    ... . Their discovery was made using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii, with follow-up observations provided by the MMT ... Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) four-metre telescope in Chile, and the Gemini South ...
  • A unique way to measure dark energy with galaxies and quasars

    ... Sky Survey (SDSS) uses a 2.5-metre telescope with a wider field of view than any ... energy, whose very existence was unsuspected when telescope construction began in 1994 and still controversial ...
  • Cosmic eye sheds light on early galaxy formation

    ... (E-ELT) and the American Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) come into use. The Cosmic Eye is so ... . The team then used the ten metre Keck telescope, on Hawaii, which is equipped with laser-assisted guide ...
  • An eagle of cosmic proportions

    ... image obtained with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In 2001, ESO's Very Large ... attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile, covers an area on the sky as large as the full Moon, and is about 15 ...
  • Sharpest views of Betelgeuse reveal how supergiant stars lose mass

    ... the theoretical limit of sharpness attainable for an 8-metre telescope. The resolution is as fine as 37 milliarcseconds ... observations as sharp as those of a giant, virtual 48-metre telescope. With such superb resolution, the astronomers were able ...
  • Double engine for a nebula

    ... to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the 2400-metre-high La Silla ... 87643 in great detail, using several of ESO's telescopes. Apart from the WFI, the team also used ESO's Very ... then obtained an image with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The sheer range of this set ...
  • Unveiling the true face of a gigantic star

    ... possible by combining three 1.8 metre telescopes as an interferometer, giving the astronomers the resolving power of a virtual, gigantic 48 metre telescope. Using the ESO VLT Interferometer in Chile, they discovered ...
  • Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth

    ... project in Antarctica. The 2.5-metre telescope will cost over AUD$10million and is planned for construction ... astronomers face a choice between being minor players in telescopes in Chile or joining Chinese or European efforts ...
  • First solid evidence for a rocky exoplanet

    ... after its detection and after several months of painstaking measurements with many telescopes on the ground, including several from ESO. The star ... ) spectrograph attached to the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile ...
  • Twin Keck telescopes probe dual dust disks

    Astronomers using the twin 10-metre telescopes at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have explored one of the most compact dust disks ever ...
  • The trilogy is complete -- GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3

    ... attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile ... , then zooms in on a rich region of the Milky Way using an amateur telescope, and finally uses the power of a professional ...
  • 32 new exoplanets found

    ... precise spectrograph for the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile. Michel ... . This conference discusses the new generation of instruments and telescopes that is now being conceived and built by different teams ...
  • Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

    ... blue and orange stars seen through a telescope reminded Herschel of a piece of exotic jewellery ... (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory ... allows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to capture light of shorter wavelengths than can not be seen ...
  • Exoplanets clue to sun's curious chemistry

    ... as HARPS, is attached to ESO's 3.6-metre telescope and is the world's foremost exoplanet hunter. "This is the best possible sample available to date to understand ...

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