Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Sep 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002msngr.109...11c&link_type=abstract
The Messenger (ISSN 0722-6691), No. 109, p. 11 (September 2002)
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
I arrived at ESO at a very interesting time. I had the privilege of witnessing the first light of Melipal and Yepun, of overseeing the installation of UVES, NACO, VIMOS and FLAMES at the focus of VLT telescopes, and of celebrating the first fringes of VLTI, first with siderostats and then with 8-m telescopes. The harvest of scientific results with the two FORS, ISAAC and UVES is already impressive, and the efficiency of the Paranal Observatory is astounding. ISAAC and UVES both have features unequalled at any other telescope; with NACO, we have the best adaptive optics instrument ever, nearly ready to be offered to our community, while VIMOS and FLAMES are showing their promise in the current commissioning activities. The VLT archive is open and attracts more and more users, a good omen for the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory. Meanwhile, the La Silla Observatory has also been very productive and has undergone huge improvements, coming closer and closer to VLT standards.
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