EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO)

ESO is organising a virtual guided tour of the ESO sites to facilitate the interaction between current ESO students in Chile and Germany and candidates interested in applying to the currently open programmes. We invite you to attend the tour on 5 November 2020 at 14:00 CET/10:00 CLT to discover the sites and learn more about the life of students at ESO, tips for your application or simply to ask any other questions you might have. To join the tour head over to the ESO Astronomy Facebook Page or YouTube channel. You can also follow the #ESOstudentship hashtag on Twitter for more information about the programme. We remind you that applications for the ESO Studentship in Germany and Chile are open until 30 November 2020.

Captured in astounding detail by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), the eerie Skull Nebula is showcased in a new image in beautiful pink and red tones. This planetary nebula is the first known to be associated with a pair of closely bound stars orbited by a third outer star. This video offers stunning views of this object and tells the story of the three stars at its centre. The video is available in 4K UHD. The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Justin Tabbett, Emma Foxell, Stephanie Rowlands and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – Expect The Unexpected. Footage and photos: ESO, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org) and P. Horálek . Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova. More information: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2019a/

This video sequence starts from a wide field of the region of the sky around NGC 246, the Skull Nebula, and closes in on the planetary nebula. The final very detailed view comes from ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral Electronic https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2019b/

German version of the flat trailer for the planetarium show Unseen Universe, available at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. Credit: Produced by Evans & Sutherland https://www.eso.org/public/videos/Unseen-Universe_Trailer-Flat-DE-1K/

¡Únete a una nueva visita guiada virtual por los observatorios ESO! Este 15 de octubre a las 17:30 h CLT y te mostraremos el Observatorio Paranal de ESO. Esta visita virtual contará con interpretación en lengua de señas chilena (LSCh) Transmitido aquí en Facebook* y en nuestro canal de YouTube: http://orlo.uk/rP4WZ *Los visitantes que abran nuestra página de Facebook antes de la hora de inicio, deben actualizar su navegador cuando comience el recorrido. #TourESO

¡Únete a una nueva visita guiada virtual por los observatorios ESO! Este miércoles 14 de octubre a las 17:30h CLT y te mostraremos el Observatorio La Silla de ESO.   Esta visita virtual contará con interpretación en lengua de señas chilena (LSCh)   Transmitido aquí en Facebook* y en nuestro canal de YouTube: http://orlo.uk/rP4WZ *Los visitantes que abran nuestra página de Facebook antes de la hora de inicio, deben actualizar su navegador cuando comience el recorrido. #TourESO

Flat trailer for the planetarium show Unseen Universe, available at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. https://www.eso.org/public/videos/Unseen-Universe_Trailer-Flat-EN-1K/ Credit: Produced by Evans & Sutherland

This video sequence zooms in on the galaxy where the AT2019qiz tidal disruption event is taking place. This phenomenon, a blast of light from a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole, has been studied by ESO telescopes. Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral Electronics More details and download options: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2018c/