ESO Press Releases and Photos 1998
ESO Press Releases and Press Photos are issued at irregular intervals, whenever there are important developments at ESO. You may automatically receive notification and the full texts via email by subscribing to the ESO-NEWS Mailing List.
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| ESO Press Photo 52/98 (22 December 1998) : Season's Greetings! Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 51a-z/98 (17 December 1998) : Working Day and Night at the Paranal Observatory . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 21/98 (15 December 1998) : Distant Supernovae Indicate Ever-Expanding Universe - ESO Astronomers Contribute towards Resolution of Cosmic Puzzle . With ESO Press Photos 50a-b/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO PR Video Clips 07a-b/98 (1 December 1998) : ISAAC observes Jupiter Occultation - "Fly" with the VLT over the Moon's surface . Access the video clips via the text. | |
| ESO Press Photo 49/98 (26 November 1998) : A VLT Snapshot of Jupiter . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 20/98 (26 November 1998) : First Results from the UT1 Science Verification Programme . With ESO Press Photos 48a-h/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 47a-e/98 (26 November 1998) : New Photos from FORS at the VLT UT1 . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 19/98 (26 November 1998) : First Images and Spectra from ISAAC on UT1 - New VLT Instrument Delivers Spectacular Infrared Views of the Southern Sky . With ESO Press Photos 46a-h/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 18/98 (24 November 1998) : Extrasolar Planet in Double Star System Discovered at La Silla - Early Success with New Swiss Telescope . With ESO Press Photos 45a-c/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 44a-d/98 + PR Video Clip 06/98 (18 November 1998) : The UVES Spectrograph Sees the Sun: New VLT Instrument Nearing Completion . Access the photos and the video clip via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 43a-b/98 (16 November 1998) : ESO VLT Wins US Technology Prize . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 42a-h/98 (13 November; updated on 16 November 1998) : ISAAC Mounted on VLT UT1 . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photo 41/98 (5 November 1998 - updated on 19 November 1998) : First Rotation Period of a Kuiper Belt Object Measured - News from ESO Workshop on Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 17/98 (3 November 1998) : ESO Director General to Become President of AUI . | |
| ESO Press Release 16/98 (22 October 1998) : New Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp from La Silla - Methanol and Hydrogen Cyanide Detected at Record Distance . With ESO Press Photos 40a-c/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO PR Video Clip 05/98 (19 October 1998) : ESO Video News Reels: New Service to Broadcasters . Access the video clip via the text. | |
| ESO Press Release 15/98 (15 October 1998) : A Strange Supernova with a Gamma-Ray Burst - Important Observations with La Silla Telescopes . With ESO Press Photos 39a-b/98 . | HI-RES |
| The Max Planck Society has published a new Press Release (12 October 1998) about the discovery of the first X-ray emitting brown dwarf that involved observations with ROSAT and telescopes at the ESO La Silla observatory. | |
| ESO Press Photos 38a-e/98 (7 October 1998) : FORS1 at the VLT UT1: First Spectra Obtained - First commissioning phase successfully completed . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 14/98 (23 September 1998) : A Forceful Demonstration by FORS - New VLT Instrument Provides Impressive Images . With ESO Press Photos 37a-e/98 . | HI-RES |
| Deutsche Fassung der ESO Pressemitteilung 14/98 (23. September 1998) : FORS am Very Large Telescope der Europäischen Südsternwarte - Erstes wissenschaftliches Beobachtungsinstrument liefert eindrucksvolle Bilder . Mit ESO Pressephotos 37a-e/98 | |
| ESO Press Photos 36a-f/98 (22 September 1998) : Second 8.2-m VLT Mirror and its Cell Arrive at Paranal . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 13/98 (15 September 1998) : Europe Agrees on Common Strategy to Initiate Study of LSA/MMA - Council Specifies ESO's Role in Planning . | |
| ESO Press Release 12/98 (15 September 1998) : First Images from VLT Science Verification Programme - Two Weeks of Intensive Observations Successfully Concluded . With ESO Press Photos 35a-c/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 34a-f/98 (11 September 1998) : First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT: First FORS Images Expected Soon . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 11/98 (9 September 1998) : Irish Team Wins SEA & SPACE Super Prize . With ESO Press Photo 33/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 32a-c/98 (7 September 1998) : Large VLT Spectrograph Being Assembled: UVES at ESO Headquarters . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 31/98 (12 August 1998) : First ESO Image of New Comet 1998 P1 . Access the photo via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 30a-e/98 (12 August 1998) : Recent News from the VLT Project . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 10/98 (4 August 1998) : Guiding the Giant : New ESO Survey Provides Targets for the VLT . With ESO Press Photo 29/98 . | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 28a-b/98 (31 July 1998) : VLT Quick Views of Spacecraft Targets . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 27a-b/98 (31 July 1998) : The VLT Records Faint Structures in Colliding Galaxies . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 26/98 (31 July 1998) : First VLT Excursion into Deep Space . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 25a-b/98 (29 July 1998) : ESO and AMOS Sign Contract for the VLTI Auxiliary Telescopes . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 24/98 (20 July 1998) : VLT UT1 First Light Poster. Access the poster via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photos 23a-c/98 (20 July 1998) : Portuguese Minister of Science at Paranal. Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 09/98 (19 July 1998) : High-Level Portuguese Visit to Paranal Observatory . | |
| ESO Press Release 08/98 (24 June 1998) : First Circumstellar Disk around a Massive Star . With ESO Press Photos 22a-b/98 . | |
| ESO Press Photo 21/98 (23 June 1998) : The VLT Images a "Rectangular" Planetary Nebula. Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 20/98 (23 June 1998) : The VLT Looks Deep into a Spiral Galaxy . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 19/98 (23 June 1998) : First VLT Colour Photo of a Strange Galaxy . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 07/98 (19 June 1998) : Australia to Build Fibre Positioner for the Very Large Telescope . With ESO Press Photo 18/98 (EIS Field). | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 17a-b/98 (18 June 1998) : At the Moment of First Light . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photo 16/98 (17 June 1998) : The VLT Unit Telescope 1 in its Enclosure . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Photo 15/98 (10 June 1998) : The VLT Sharpens its View . Access the photo via the caption. | HI-RES |
| First Astronomical Images from the VLT UT1 (27 May 1998). | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 06/98 (27 May 1998) : A Great Moment for Astronomy: VLT First Light Successfully Achieved . | |
| ESO Press Photos 14a-i/98 (21 May 1998) : First Large VLT Mirror Successfully Coated . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 13a-e/98 (19 May 1998) : VLT 8.2-m Mirror Ready for Coating . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 05/98 (13 May 1998) : Expectations Increase as VLT First Light Approaches . | |
| ESO Press Photos 12a-e/98 (13 May 1998) : Photos from Science Writers' Symposium . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO PR Video Clip 04/98 (30 April 1998) : Paranal - April 1998 . Access the video via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 11a-h/98 (27 April 1998) : Optical Alignment Tests Start at the VLT UT1 . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 10a-p/98 (17 April 1998) : World's Largest Mirror Installed on First VLT Unit Telescope . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 09a-l/98 (24 March 1998) : Secondary Mirror Unit in Place on First VLT 8.2-m Unit Telescope . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 04/98 (11 March 1998) : ESO and Fokker Space Sign Contract about VLTI Delay Line . With ESO Press Photo 08/98 (VLTI Delay Line). | |
| ESO Press Photos 07a-p/98 (10 March 1998) : Another Job Well Done at Paranal: M1 Mirror Cell and Dummy 8.2-m Mirror Attached to First Telescope . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO PR Video Clip 03/98 (5 March 1998) : Getting ISAAC Ready for the VLT . Access the video via the caption. | |
| ESO PR Video Clip 02/98 (3 March 1998) : Tests of FORS - the First Major VLT instrument . Access the video via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 06a-g/98 (17 February 1998) : Pointing the First 8.2-m VLT Telescope . Access the photos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Photos 05a-b/98 (30 January 1998) : The Unusual Tails of Comet Hale-Bopp . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 03/98 (29 January 1998) : Entering SOFI's Wonderful World : First Light for New Advanced Infrared Instrument at the NTT . With ESO Press Photos 03a-f/98 (SOFI images) and 04/98 (access via the Press Release). | |
| ESO Press Photos 02a-e/98 (23 January 1998) : High-resolution Photos from the Paranal Observatory . Access the photos via the caption. | HI-RES |
| ESO Press Release 02/98 (22 January 1998) : Sea & Space: A New European Educational Programme . | |
| ESO PR Video Clips 01a-b/98 (16 January 1998) : Flight above the VLT Paranal Observatory and The VLT Unit Telescope 1 . Access the videos via the caption. | |
| ESO Press Release 01/98 (13 January 1998) : Deep Sky Diving with the ESO New Technology Telescope . With ESO Press Photos 01a-b/98 of the NTT SUSI Deep Field . | |