ESO每周一图集：2009.1——4

http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/ESOPIA/Paranal/Paranal-VST-Hexapod-Mar2009-1465.tif.html

                               
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有必要介绍一下VST是什么，它其实就是一个2.4米口径的最新技术望远镜，但配备了一个超级巡天相机，像素达到惊人的2.68亿，视场是满月的4倍。该望远镜于2007年开始装配，预计2010年投入使用。下面这句话是图的说明：
The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.4 m telescope equipped with OmegaCAM, amonster 268 megapixel CCD camera with a field of view four times thearea of the full Moon. This image was obtained in March 2009.

http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/paranal-vst-hexapod-mar2009-1465.tif，3340 x 5009，18.7MB
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/large/paranal-vst-hexapod-mar2009-1465.jpg，同上，3.0MB

20 April 2009: Lord Drayson opens JENAM 2009
2009.4.20：Drayson启动欧洲天文和空间科学周

                               
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Today, 20 April 2009, was the opening of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (JENAM 2009), which takes place at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Lord Drayson, the British Minister of State for Science and Innovation, addressed the many attendees to this conference, expressing the importance of astronomy and space science for today’s society. He visited the ESO stand where he was introduced to ESO’s flagship astronomical facility, the Very Large Telescope, by Tim de Zeeuw, the ESO Director General, and Patrick Roche, UK member of the ESO Council. Tim de Zeeuw also talked about the future European Extremely Large Telescope, a project which the minister showed great interest for.
今天是2009.4.20，欧洲天文和空间科学周在英国赫特福德大学（位于英格兰东南部）开幕。英国科学和创新部长，国防大臣罗德.德雷森在会议上向诸多与会者发表演说，阐述天文学和空间科学对当今社会的重要性。他参观了ESO英国办事处，在那里ESO常务理事蒂姆.德泽乌（Tim de Zeeuw）和ESO理事会英国理事帕特里克.罗氏（Patrick Roche）向其介绍了ESO的旗舰天文设施——甚大望远镜（VLT）；蒂姆还介绍了德雷森颇感兴趣的未来项目——欧洲特大望远镜（E-ELT）。
This  image in high-resolution is available in the image archive.
本图的高清链接在下一楼可见。
Credit:  ESO
版权：ESO

高清大图
http://www.eso.org/gallery/d/89818-3/dryson-1.tif  2551x1606，7.6MB

http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/large/dryson-1.jpg，同上，1.4MB

24 April 2009: Distorted galaxy NGC 2442
2009.4.24：扭曲的棒旋星系NGC 2442

                               
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The distorted galaxy NGC 2442, also known as the Meat-hook Galaxy, is located some 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Volans(the Flying Fish). The galaxy is 75 000 light-years wide and features two dusty spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar that giveit a hook-like appearance, hence its nickname. The galaxy’s distorted shape is most likely the result of a close encounter with a smaller,unseen galaxy.
扭曲的棒旋星系NGC 2442，又名肉钩星系，位于飞鱼座，离我们约5千万光年。星系宽约7.5万光年，有2个明显的尘埃臂从其显著的核心棒延伸出去，类似一个肉钩，并由此得名。星系扭曲的外形最可能由图中未显示的小星系近距离经过的缘故。
This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5-metre Danish telescopeat ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters(B: 250 s,V: 187 s, R: 150 s).
本图由位于智利的ESO的拉斯拉天文台的1.5米丹麦望远镜拍摄，使用了三个滤光器，曝光时间分别为红150秒、黄绿187秒和蓝250秒。
This  image in high-resolution is available in the image archive.
本图的高清链接在下一楼可见。
Credit:  ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. C. Thöne and C. Féron
版权：欧洲南方天文台(ESO)/国际数据分析团队（IDA）/丹麦1.5米望远镜，和四位科研人员。

高清tif大图，jpg大图已经发在上一楼。上传的图中，可以看到那个肇事的小星系。

http://www.eso.org/gallery/d/90877-3/ngc2442_potw.tif   1917x1764，7.5MB

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