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About Cerro Paranal The Paranal Observatory is located on the top of Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of Chile (map) and what is believed to be the driest area on Earth. Cerro Paranal is a 2,635-m high mountain, about 120 km south of the town of Antofagasta and 12 km inland from the Pacific Coast. 25' W. The Paranal mountain was chosen because of its excellent atmospheric conditions and, not the least, its remoteness. www.eso.org /paranal/site/paranal.html   (217 words)

Carrier > About > Prestigious Installations > Telescope Home Cerro La Silla, Chile - The light gathered by the 3.6-meter telescope atop this parched mountaintop has traveled so far it may be the faint signature of a star that no longer exists. The telescopes at Cerro Paranal will be cooled by three, 23XL screw chillers manufactured in Syracuse, N.Y. Besides their efficiency, the screw chillers also were chosen because of their low vibration levels. Both Cerro La Silla and Cerro Paranal are operated by a consortium of European nations under the umbrella of the European Organization for Astronomy. www.global.carrier.com /details/0,,CLI1_DIV28_ETI13,00.html   (346 words)

ESO - Telescopes and Instrumentation The Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal is ESO's premier site for observations in the visible and infrared light. In addition to the 8.2m diamter telescopes the VLTI is complemented with four Auxiliary Telescopes (AT) of 1.8m diameter to improve its imaging capabilities and enable full nighttime use on a year-round basis. Two telescopes for imaging surveys are also under construction for Paranal, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST, 2.6m diameter) for the visible, and the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA, 4m). www.eso.org /public/astronomy/teles-instr   (372 words)

Scientific American: First Light! An 8-meter telescope at Cerro Paranal in Chile began recording its first scientific data on the night of May 25. The new telescope at Cerro Paranal is the cornerstone of an ambitious program by European nations to reclaim a leadership in optical astronomy that they held from the time of Galileo. The coating operation, in a huge vacuum chamber, was completed at Paranal on May 20 and the mirror was installed in the telescope housing on May 21. www.sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=000135D3-D4D3-1CE1-8583809EC5880000   (835 words)

Courses in Astrophotography Between Nov 13th-22nd, 2004 i joined the BBC Sky at Night team on a visit to film at ESO's Paranal Observatory, atop Cerro Paranal, in the Atacama desert, Chile. At the top of Paranal at the telescope platform 2635m (8661ft) above the ocean, was the most dramatic location to watch the sunset. It was seen in all its glory from the stunning dark skies of Paranal. www.damianpeach.com /paranal.htm   (1447 words)

CASO DE CERRO PARANAL: UN ENCLAVE TERRITORIAL EN CHILE Cerro Paranal está ubicado a poca distancia del litoral de la II Región, a unos 12 kilómetros de la costa, entre las ciudades de Taltal y Antofagasta y en pleno Desierto de Atacama. En efecto, Cerro Paranal aparece inscrito por propietarios particulares desde 1907. Sin embargo, la posesión legítima de Cerro Paranal y la supuesta inmunidad legislativa de la ESO, comenzaron a quedar en cuestionamiento cuando se revelaran algunos detalles oscuros sobre la forma en que se entregó este terreno a la trasnacional europea. www.soberaniachile.cl /cerroparanal.html   (2327 words)

Embassy of Chile, Washington, DC © 2005 THE PARANAL OBSERVATORY is located on the top of Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of Chile, in what is believed to be the driest area on Earth. Cerro Paranal is an 8,696 foot-high mountain located about 75 miles south of the town of Antofagasta and 7.5 miles inland from the Pacific Coast. The Magellan Project is a collaboration between the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (OCIW), the University of Arizona, the Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to construct two 6.5-meter optical telescopes in the southern hemisphere. www.chile-usa.org /astronomy.htm   (1894 words)

Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Very Large Telescope The project is organized by the European Southern Observatory. VLT is located at the Paranal Observatory on Cerro Paranal, a 2,635 m high mountain in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. The VLT consists of a cluster of four large (8 meter diameter) telescopes, and an interferometer (VLTI) which will be used to resolve fine features. www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/VLT   (634 words)

Wittmann Travel: Astro Chile Star unter allen ist der Cerro Paranal mit den berühmten vier 8.2 m VLT—Teleskopen und ihrer Interferometrieanlage. Vormittags: Stadtrundfahrt und Besuch des zentralen Berges von Santiago, Cerro San Christobal mit wunderbarer Aussicht auf die Metropole. Fahrt zum größten und modernsten Observatorium der ESO auf dem Cerro Paranal, 120 km südlich von Antofagasta. www.wittmann-travel.de /index.php?id=14   (1058 words)

APOD: 2007 January 23 - The Milky Way Over Paranal Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Earth's rotation gives a continually changing view to all Earth observers, including those measuring the universe at the Paranal Observatory. The observatory's four, massive 8.2 meter telescope units are situated on top of the 2,600 meter high mountain, Cerro Paranal, in the dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap070123.html   (148 words)

Extremely Large Telescope could reveal secrets of life, the universe and everything | Science | Guardian Unlimited Now, a few decades later, astronomers have caught up, choosing that number as the diameter - in metres - of a proposed new telescope that will uncover how the universe evolved in its earliest years and could reveal whether life exists anywhere else in the cosmos. It could be used to address mysteries such as what the first objects in the universe were, how many types of matter exist and whether there are any other Earth-like planets in our galaxy. The sharpest eye that astronomers have on the universe today is Eso's Very Large Telescope (VLT), a €500m array of four 8 metre-diameter telescopes that sit on the 2,500-metre high peak of Cerro Paranal. www.guardian.co.uk /science/story/0,,1837879,00.html   (776 words)

Catching A Falling Star The main purpose of MASCOT is to monitor the clouds over Paranal but it also observes from time to time serendipitous events like meteor showers, atmospheric phenomena, artificial satellites, etc. This image was obtained by MASCOT on August 25, 2002 and shows a meteor caught in the act. While observing a supernova in a distant galaxy with the FORS instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory (Chile), astronomers were incredibly lucky to obtain serendipitously a high quality spectrum of a very large meteor in the terrestrial atmosphere. The VLT is indeed focussed at infinity, which is perfect for most astronomical objects that it routinely observes. www.spacedaily.com /news/meteor-04e.html   (1394 words)

The Hindu News Update Service The Extremely Large Telescope (Elt) being proposed by scientists from a consortium of European countries based at the Cerro Paranal observatory in Chile's Atacama desert will dwarf anything astronomers use today. It could be used to address mysteries such as what the first objects in the universe were, how many types of matter exist and whether there are any other Earth-like planets in our galaxy. The sharpest eye that astronomers have on the universe today is Eso's Very Large Telescope (VLT), a Euros500 million array of four 8 metre-diameter telescopes that sit on the 2,500-metre high peak of Cerro Paranal. www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/008200608060350.htm   (722 words)

Amazon.com: "Cerro Paranal": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: ) A lone sign stands at the entrance to an ESO-built two-lane fltop heralding the last 12 kilometers leading up to Cerro Paranal mountain and the VLT Our first stop was at the VLT base camp,... The second was a 2,6oo-meter mountain, Cerro Paranal, some 120 km south of Antofagasta. Cerro Paranal proved to have somewhat better characteristics and was finally selected for the... amazon.com /phrase/Cerro-Paranal   (575 words)

Design Build Network - Eso Hotel Cerro Paranal, Atacama Desert For one establishment situated on Cerro Paranal, a mountain in the Atacama Desert of the Chilean Andes, the word 'hotel' is something of a misnomer, as it is closed to the general public. Surrounding cliffs act as a support wall, although they do nothing to impede the breathtaking views of the ocean, especially from the dining wall balcony. This emphasis on reflecting nature sets the hotel in direct and deliberate contrast to the high-tech telescope complex atop Cerro Paranal's summit. www.designbuild-network.com /projects/esohotel   (1564 words)

Life in the Universe > The Super Prizes   (Site not responding. Last check: ) A visit to the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal (Chile, South America) with associated benefits, e.g. Cerro Paranal, a 2635 m high mountain (24° 37' S, 70° 24' W), is located in the northern part of Chile, 12 km from the Pacific coast, 130 km south of Antofagasta, 1200 km north of Santiago de Chile, and 600 km north of La Silla. As bad weather is the major enemy of Astronomers, ESO performed extensive climatic studies before chosing Cerro Paranal as the VLT site. www.lifeinuniverse.org /noflash/SuperPrizes.html   (282 words)

Cerro Paranal Information Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, famous for hosting the Very Large Telescope and the VLT Survey Telescope. It is located 120 km south of Antofagasta and 80 km north of Tal-Tal, 12 km inland. View a list of authors or edit this article. www.bookrags.com /wiki/Cerro_Paranal   (50 words)

Astronomie.de - Bibliothek/Artikel Der Cerro Paranal mit seinen 4 VLT Teleskopen und der Interferometrieanlage kann mit Recht als das bestgeplante und modernste Großobservatorium der Welt bezeichnet werden. Cerro Tololo – die erste amerikanische Großsternwarte in Chile liegt bei Vicuna, 80 km landeinwärts von der Küstenstadt La Serena. Cerro Pachon - auf dem 2737 m hohen Nachbargipfel steht seit 2002 das 8.1 m Gemini Süd Teleskop. www.astronomie.de /bibliothek/artikel/reiseberichte/chile   (1585 words)

ESO Ambient Conditions Database While the La Silla data is being updated in real-time, the data from Paranal is, for the time being, being transferred only at the end of the local Paranal night (typically at 13:00 hrs MET). Seeing measurements were initially conducted from Cerro Vizcachas, 7km to the East of La Silla, and once candidate site for the VLT, from Oct. 1988 to Feb. 1991. Description: The Vaisala meteorological station was installed in Paranal in October 1984 and upgraded in June 1998. archive.eso.org /eso/ambient-database.html   (682 words)

Chile photo gallery of Atacama Desert,Patagonia, Argentina, Bolivia, VLT astronomical Observatory on Paranal, ... Chile photo gallery of Atacama Desert,Patagonia, Argentina, Bolivia, VLT astronomical Observatory on Paranal, wildlife,flora and landscape Visit also the giant VLT telescopes of the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal and landscapes of Antarctica, Namibia, Hawaii, Bolivia and Argentina. www.atacamaphoto.com   (81 words)

Universe Today - Artificial Star Shines in the Southern Sky This artificial star allows the telescope's adaptive optics system to compensate against the fluctuations of the Earth's atmosphere, and produce images as crisp and clear as if they were taken from space. Thanks to their dedicated efforts, they were able to create the first artificial star in the Southern Hemisphere, allowing astronomers to study the Universe in the finest detail. It was the culmination of five years of collaborative work by a team of scientists and engineers from ESO and the Max Planck Institutes for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching and for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. www.universetoday.com /am/publish/eso_man_made_star.html?2322006   (792 words)

Observing a GRB with Sunglasses: Unique 5-Week VLT Study of the Polarization of a Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Cerro Paranal, Northern Chile -- "Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)" are certainly amongst the most dramatic events known in astrophysics. Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 030329 was discovered on March 29, 2003 by NASA's High Energy Transient Explorer spacecraft. Follow-up observations with the UVES spectrograph at the 8.2-m VLT KUEYEN telescope at the Paranal Observatory (Chile) showed the burst to have a redshift of 0.1685 [1]. universe.nasa.gov /press/2003/031114a.html   (1148 words)

Solar System Highlights   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The solid lines are the values of seeing measured at the same time at Cerro Paranal. The lower plot displays histograms of seeing at Chico and Paranal (median at Chico flagged by dashed line). The Chico values are plotted for extrapolation of DIMM seeing to zero exposure (upper panel), 10 msec exposure (middle panel) and 20 msec exposure (lower panel). astrosun.tn.cornell.edu /research/projects/atacama/seeing_oct00_chico.html   (84 words)

New telescope could reveal secrets of the universe Now, a few decades later, astronomers have caught up, choosing that number as the diameter -- in metres -- of a proposed new telescope that will uncover how the universe evolved in its earliest years and could reveal whether life exists anywhere else in the cosmos. The telescope, which could cost up to €1-billion and be located in Antarctica, would be operational within a decade. The sharpest eye that astronomers have on the universe today is ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), a €500-million array of four 8m-diameter telescopes that sit on the 2 500m-high peak of Cerro Paranal. www.prisonplanet.com /articles/August2006/050806telescope.htm   (758 words)

UK~s new telescope goes High and Dry VISTA will perform the deepest ever large area surveys of the southern sky, producing atlases of hundreds of millions of celestial objects, from the nearest stars to galaxies at the edge of the universe. 'The Paranal mountain offers excellent atmospheric conditions and, because it is so remote, the skies are free of light pollution.' said Jim Emerson of Queen Mary and Westfield College, leader of the 18 University VISTA consortia. It will be hosted at the Paranal site by the successful European Southern Observatory [ESO] whose telescopes include the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world's largest optical telescope. www.pparc.ac.uk /Nw/vista.asp?Tx=1   (855 words)

BBC NEWS | Magazine | The next best place to space The VLT is located on the flattened peak of Cerro Paranal, a 2,635m-high mountain in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth - 50 times drier than California's Death Valley. It is dry and sterile enough that the Atacama has been used as an analogue for Mars in Nasa studies, but even so, around 120 astronomers, engineers and support staff work here at a time. Modern observatories go to where the stars are, and Paranal's high-altitude, low-humidity and extreme remoteness give it some of the clearest skies in the world. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/5180946.stm   (964 words)

Observatorio Cerro Paranal! - Antofagasta - Chile - Viajeros.com   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Durante octubre del 2001 hice mi segunda visita personal a Cerro Paranal, catalogado como el observatorio óptico más grande y moderno del mundo, que está a 2 hrs. La entidad responsable del proyecto fue ESO (European Southern Observatory, en español, Observatorio Europeo Austral), organización de ocho países europeos que contó con la donación de 725 km2 por parte del Gobierno de Chile, asegurando protección a largo plazo del lugar contra influencias adversas, como la polución luminosa. Posteriormente, a cada uno se le prestará un casco de seguridad a usarse durante momentos de su visita, pues se enfatiza que técnicamente, Paranal aún está en construcción. www.viajeros.com /modules.php?name=Diarios&op=mostrar_diario&did=1890&foto_grande=chile-_antofagasta_1890_1.jpg&history_back=-1   (773 words)

Cepheids and their 'cocoons' Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Cerro Paranal, Chile, and the CHARA Interferometer at Mount Wilson, California, a team of French and North American astronomers has discovered envelopes around three Cepheids, including the Pole star. This is the first time that matter is found surrounding members of this important class of rare and very luminous stars whose luminosity varies in a very regular way. The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array interferometer is operated by the Georgia State University, United States. www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-02/eso-cat022806.php   (756 words)

New telescopes herald golden age Top to bottom: the Very Large Telescope atop Cerro Paranal in Chile; Gemini North on Mauna Kea, Hawaii; and Subaru, also atop Mauna Kea. Subaru, on Mauna Kea, cost $400 million to build and is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. The VLT, atop Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert in Chile, cost $600 million. www.spie.org /web/oer/march/mar00/telescopes.html   (2388 words)

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