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ESO Press Releases and Photos 1996

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 Photos 41a+b+c+d/96 (23 December 1996): Gas and Dust in Comet Hale-Bopp . Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photos 40a+b/96 (23 December 1996): Construction at the Paranal Observatory Makes Rapid Progress . Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Release 15/96 (28 November) : A Glimpse into the Time before Quasars were Born . With ESO Press Photo 39/96.
ESO Press Release 14/96 (13 November) : Astronomy On-Line Programme Enters "Hot Week : World's Biggest Astronomy WWW-Event Attracts Thousands of Students .
ESO Press Photo 38a+b/96 (28 October 1996): The VLT Main Structure (October 1996) . Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photo 37/96 (20 September 1996): Seven Jets in Comet Hale-Bopp . Access the photo via the caption.
ESO Press Photo 36/96 (16 September 1996): Strange Comet Discovered at ESO . Access the photo via the caption.
ESO Press Release 13/96 (5 September) : Chilean Senate Ratifies Agreement with ESO .
ESO Press Photos 35a+b/96 (14 August 1996): ISAAC Undergoes Tests at ESO Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Release 12/96 (2 August) : New method for Data Treatment Developed at ESO : How Future Astronomical Observations Will Be Done .
ESO Press Release 11/96 (1 August) : The Unexpected Past of a Dwarf Galaxy : New Light on Cannibalism in Local Group of Galaxies . This Press Release is accompanied by ESO Press Photo 34/96 showing the WLM dwarf galaxy with a halo ( [34/96;GIF,176k] ) with caption.
ESO Press Photos 33a+b/96 (30 July 1996): Turning of the M1 Cell at GIAT Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Release 10/96 (25 July) : Large Voids in the Universe are Really Empty : Motions of Nearby Galaxies Reveal No Invisible Matter . This Press Release is accompanied by ESO Press Photo 32/96 showing some of the voids ( [32/96,GIF,33k] ) with caption.
ESO Press Release 09/96 (18 June) : World's Biggest Astronomy Event on the World-Wide-Web : `Astronomy On-Line' will connect students all over Europe . Note also the extensive information available on the new Astronomy On-Line Homepage.
ESO Press Photos 31a+b+c/96 (30 May 1996): A Bird's View of Paranal (Images obtained on 20 May 1996). Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photos 30a+b+c/96 (24 May 1996): Important Progress on Paranal (Images obtained on 19 May 1996). Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photos 29a+b/96 (20 May 1996): ESO Images of Comet Hale-Bopp (14 May 1996). Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photo 28/96 (20 May 1996): First ESO Images of Comet 1996 J1 (Evans-Drinkwater). Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photos 27a+b/96 (18 April 1996): Supernova 1996X in NGC 5061. Access the photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photo 26/96 (22 March 1996): The Near-Nucleus Region of Comet Hale-Bopp. ( [GIF,72k] with caption.
ESO Press Photos 25a-d/96 (19 March 1996): Rapid Changes in the Inner Coma of Comet Hyakutake . Access the four photos via the caption.
ESO Press Photo 24/96 (17 March 1996): The Near-nucleus Environment in Comet Hyakutake . ( [B/W,GIF,30k] ) with caption.
ESO Press Photo 23/96 (15 March 1996): The beautiful ion tail of Comet Hyakutake . Access the four versions of this image via the caption.
ESO Press Photo 22/96 (13 March 1996): Spectrum of Comet Hyakutake (3000-8000 A) ( [GIF,6k] ) with caption.
ESO Press Release 08/96 (7 March 1996) Sakurai's Object: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience: The Story of a Rarely Seen Stellar Explosion .

This Press Release is accompanied by ESO Press Photo 20/96 showing the spectrum of this object ( [20/96,GIF,16k] ) with caption and also ESO Press Photo 21/96 with four direct CCD images of the object and the surrounding planetary nebula ( [21/96,GIF,216k] and in a smaller version [21/96,GIF,55k] )) with caption.

ESO Press Release 07/96 (6 March 1996) Exciting Message from a Dying Monster Star SEST Discovers First Extra-galactic SiO Maser .

This Press Release is accompanied by ESO Press Photo 15/96 showing CCD images of the sky area with this star ( [15/96,GIF,216k] and in a smaller version [15/96,GIF,57k] ) with caption and also ESO Press Photo 16/96 of a diagramme with the SEST spectrum of the SiO maser ( [GIF,18k] ) with caption.

ESO Press Photo 19/96 (4 March 1996): Comet Hyakutake's Tail Structure (ESO Schmidt Telescope). Available in two versions: [GIF, 296k] and [GIF,79k] with caption.
ESO Press Photo 18/96 (4 March 1996): Comet Hyakutake's Spectrum Develops Normally . [GIF, 11k] with caption.
ESO Press Photo 17a+b/96 (2 March 1996): The Innermost Coma of Comet Hyakutake . 17a/96 [GIF, 31k] and 17b/96 [GIF, 25k] with caption.
ESO Press Photo 14/96 (21 February 1996): Comet Hyakutake Develops Two Tails . Available in two versions: [B/W, GIF, 264k] and [False Colour, GIF, 89k]. with caption.
ESO Press Release 06/96 (16 February 1996) : Comet Hyakutake to Approach the Earth in Late March 1996: Astronomers Prepare for a Rare Event.
ESO Press Photo 13/96 (16 February 1996): Asymmetries in the Coma of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) ( [13/96,GIF,184k] ) with caption.
ESO Press Photo 12/96 (11 February 1996): First Spectrum of Comet Hyakutake ( [GIF,66k] ) with caption.
ESO Press Photo 11/96 (11 February 1996): First images from La Silla of Comet Hyakutake ( [GIF,144k] ) with caption (updated 14 February)
ESO Press Photo 10/96 (9 February 1996): First NTT Image of Comet Hale-Bopp after Solar Conjunction. Available in two sizes ( [GIF,256k] and [GIF,63k] ) with text. Obtained on 9 February 1996.
ESO Press Photo 09/96 with the latest ESO image of split comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (31 January 1996) ( [09/96,GIF,112] ) with caption.
ESO Press Release 05/96 (9 February 1996) ENACS Survey of Southern Galaxies Indicates Open Universe: New Light on Rich Clusters of Galaxies and their Formation History .

This Press Release is accompanied by ESO Press Photo 07/96 showing the rich Abell cluster of galaxies A 548 ( [07/96,GIF,45k] ) with caption and also ESO Press Photo 08/96 of a diagramme with the radial velocities of 5634 southern galaxies ( [GIF,35k] or [PS,544k] ) with caption.

ESO Press Release 04/96 (9 February 1996) Hunting Mirages in The Southern Sky: Another Gravitational Lens Candidate Identified at ESO .

This Press Release is accompanied by ESO Press Photo 06/96 showing the two images of High Luminosity Quasar J03.13 ( [06/96,GIF,75k] ) with caption.

Views from the VLT Observatory at Paranal - January 1996 .

ESO Press Photo 04/96 (2 February 1996): Enclosure for Unit Telescope no. 1. ( [04/96,GIF,304k] ) and ( [04/96,GIF,79k] ) with caption.

ESO Press Photo 05/96 (2 February 1996): Aerial View of Paranal. ( [05/96,GIF,304k] ) and ( [05/96,GIF,82k] ) with caption.

More information about the VLT Observatory, the telescopes and instruments has recently been placed on the ESO Web.

ESO Press Release 03/96 (19 January 1996) New `Moons' of Saturn May Be Transient Objects: ADONIS Observes Pandora, S/1995 S6 and others .

This Press Release is accompanied by Press Photo 03/96 showing some of the inner moons of Saturn ( [03/96,GIF,59k] ) with caption.

ESO Press Release 02/96 (12 January 1996) ESO and Australia to Discuss Future Collaboration
ESO Press Release 01/96 (5 January 1996) Maverick Comet Splits During Dramatic Outburst: New ESO Observations of P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 .

This Press Release is accompanied by two photos: ESO Press Photo 01/96 showing the condensations around the split nuclei (available in B/W [01/96-B/W,GIF,73k] and false-colour [01/96-COL,GIF,75k] ) with caption , and ESO Press Photo 02/96 showing the peculiar shape of the coma ( [02/96,GIF,91k] ) with caption.