S c h e d u le o f M e e tin g s , S e c o n d
H a lf o f 1 9 7 4
T h e
fo llo w in g
d a te s
w e re
d e c id e d
o n :
F in a n c e
C o m m itte e , to
b e
h e ld
a tA m s te rd a m :O c to b e r3 1
C o m m itte e
o fC o u n c il, to
b e
h e ld
a tA m s te rd a m :N ovem ber1
O b s e r v in g
P ro g ra m m e s
C o m m itte e ,
t o
b e
h e ld
a t
O b s e rv a \ue000
to ire
d e
H a u te -P ro v e n c e :D ecem ber 2 a n d
3
S c ie n tific
P o lic y
C o m m itte e , to b e h e lda tH a m b u rg :D ecem ber 4
C o u n c il, to
b e
h e ld
a tH a m b u rg :D ecem ber5
a n d
6
W all C hart of 3.6 m
T e le s c o p e P u b lis h e d
A n
a rtis t's
im p r e s s io n
o f
th e
3 .6
m
te le s c o p e
h a s
re \ue000
c e n tly
b e e n
r e c e iv e d
b y
th e
T P
D iv is io n ,
Geneva. The
a rtis t
is
T o n y
L o fth o u s e ,
w ho
is
w ith
th e
m a g a z in e
" N u c le a rE n g in e e r in g " .
H e
w o rk e d
h e re
e n tire ly
fro m
e n g in e e r in g
e x e c u tio n
d r a w in g s , h iso n ly v is u a l a id
b e in g
th e
m o d e l.
G ra n d c h a m p so fA nnem asse
h a sp rin te d
m anyc o p ie s
o fth is9 0 c m
X
7 0c m
d r a w in g , w h ic h
E S O
w ill is s u e a s
a
w a ll
c h a rtfo r
u s e
in
s e a ts
o f
le a r n in g
a n d
s c ie n c e .
T h e
o r ig in a lw ill b e fra m e d
a n d
h u n g
in
th e
T P
D iv is io n
p r e m is e s .
T e le s c o p e C o n tro l S y s te m
S u c c e s s fu l
o nL aS illa
T ra n s p o rte d
la s t
a u tu m n
fro m
G eneva
t o
C h ile
a n d
s u b s e q u e n tly
in s ta lle d
o n
L a
S illa ,
th e
m ost advanced
te le s c o p e
c o n tro l
s y s te m
in
th e
w o rld
is
n o w
fu lly
o p e ra tio n a lth e re .
T h e
s y s te m
w as
set up
b y a te a m
o ffiv e
p e o p le
fro m
th ec o n tro lsg ro u po fE S O
T P D iv is io n w h ic h
d e s ig n e d it.
T h e y
w e re :
J .v a n
d e r
L a n s
w ho
h e a d e d
th e
g ro u p ,
P .S t\u00fc rz in g e r,
R .Zurb\u00fcchen, J. van
d e rV en
a n d
S .L o \ue000
re n s e n .
F u lly c o m p u te r iz e d , th e
s y s te m
w ill h a v e
a n
a c c u ra c y
a n d
a
fle x ib ility
o f
o p e ra tio n
p r e v io u s ly
unknow n
in
a s tro n o m y .
G iv e n
th e
c o o rd in a te s
fro m
th e
s ta r
c a ta \ue000
lo g u e , th e
c o m p u te rw ill, on
in s tru c tio n ,p o in tth e
te le \ue000
s c o p e
t o
a n y
s te lla ro b je c t, m a k e
th e
n e c e s s a ry
a llo w \ue000
a n c e
fo r
th e
p a r tic u la r
tim e
o f
o b s e rv a tio n ,
re fra c tio n
o fth e a ir, e tc ., a n d
s e t th ep o s itio n
o fth edom e o p e n in g .
I t s
m em ory
c a n
s to re
a
c o m p le te
p ro g ra m m e
o fw o rk
fo r
a
n ig h tp re p a re d
b y
th e
a s tro n o m e r,
a n d
w ith
v e ry
l i t t l e
a d d itio n a l
tro u b le
th e
c o m p u te rc a n
d o
a
h o s to f
o th e rjo b s
w h ic h
th e
a s tro n o m e rin
th e
past had
t o
d o
h im s e lf.
D e v e lo p e d
a s
a
p ro to ty p e
fo rE S O 's
b ig
3 .6
m
re fle c \ue000
to rw h ic h
is b e in g
d e s ig n e d a t C E R N , th e s y s te m
p ro v e d
s o
s u c c e s s fu lu n d e rte s t th a t th e
d e c is io n
w a s ta k e n
t o
f i ti tim m e d ia te ly
t o
th e
1
m
p h o to m e tric
te le s c o p e
o n
L a
S illa .
S in c e
th e
s y s te m
becam e
o p e r a tio n a l,
th e
v is itin g
a s tro n o m e rs
u s in g
i t
re p o rt
th a t
i tg iv e s
com \ue000
p le te
s a tis fa c tio n .
C o p ie s
o fi ta re
a ls o
b e in g
b u iltfo r
in s ta lla tio n
o n
th e
S c h m id tte le s c o p e
w h ic h
w as
com \ue000
m is s io n e d
la s t y e a r o n
L a
S illa a n d
o n
th e
D a n is h
1.5 m
te le s c o p e ,
n o w
u n d e rc o n s tru c tio n .
T h ec o n tro l s y s te m
is o n eo f th efirs tc o n c re te
re s u lts
o fth e
c o lla b o r a tio n
b e tw e e n
E S O
a n d
C E R N .
2
E S O
e s ta b lis h e d
in
C E R N 's
la b o ra to ry
n e a r
G eneva
a
te le s c o p e
d e s ig n
a n d
d e v e lo p m e n t
d iv is io n
a n d
a
la b o ra to ryfo rth e
re p ro d u c tio n
o fs k y a tla s e s
b a s e d
o n
p h o to g ra p h sta k e n
b y th e
S c h m id t o n
L a
S illa .
T h e
c o lla b o r a tio n
h a s
m eant
th a t
th e
e x p e r ie n c e
g a in e d
a t
C E R N
in
th e
d e s ig n
o f
la rg e
a n d
d e lic a te
m a c h in e s
a n d
th e
a p p lic a tio n
o f
c o m p u te r
te c h n iq u e s
t oth e irc o n tro lc o u ld
b eb ro u g h t to
bear on
th e p r o b le m
o fg u id in g
a b ig te le s c o p e w ith th e p r e c is io nth a t a s tr o n \ue000
o m e rs
dem and
to d a y .
O c c u lta tio n o f S a tu rn
M o s to f th e
re s e a rc h
o n
L a
S illac o n c e rn s s ta r s a n d
th e
s te lla r
s y s te m ,
b u t
o n
J a n u a ry
6 ,
1 9 7 5 ,
a n
e v e n t
w ill
o c c u r
w h ic h
fa lls
in to
a
d iffe re n tc a te g o ry :
th e
o c c u l\ue000
ta tio n
o fc e rta in
s ta rs b y th e
p la n e tS a tu rn .
T h is
phenom enon
w ill be
o b s e rv e d
o n
L a
S illa
by Dr.
M ic h e l
D e n n e fe ld
a n d
h is
a s s is ta n t,
D r.
M ic h e l
H e rs e ,
b o th
fro m
th e
C N R S
(C e n tre
N a tio n a l d e
l a
R e c h e rc h e
S c ie n tifiq u e )
in
P a ris .
D e n n e fe ld
is
c u rre n tly
w o rk in g
w ith
E S O /C h ile
a s
a
c o o p e ra n t,
in
s u b s titu tio n
fo r
m ilita ry
s e r v ic e . T h e
te a m
w ill be
c o m p le te d
b yJ . P o r\ue000
te n e u v e ,o p tic a le n g in e e r , a n d
J .M a ri,e le c tr o n ic ia n .
T h e
p u rp o s e
o fth e
o b s e rv a tio n s
is
t o
d e te rm in e
th e
tra n s p a re n c yo fth e
rin g s
o fS a tu rn
a s
afu n c tio n
o fth e
ra d ia ld is ta n c e
t o
th e
c e n tre
o fth e
s y s te m .
D rs.
D e n n e fe ld
a n d
H e rs e
h a v e
b e e n
a llo tte d
s ix
n ig h ts
(J a n u a ry
7 -1 3 )
w ith
th e
1 .5 2
m
s p e c tro g ra p h ic
te le s c o p e .
8 igH u n to n E S O(8 ) P la te s
A lm o s t1 0 0 p la te s in th e E S O
(B ) S u rv e y h a v e
n o w
b e e n
ta k e n
w ith
th e
S c h m id t te le s c o p e ,
m osto fth e m
in
th e
z o n e s
-
5 0 \u00b0 to
-
7 5 \u00b0.
S in c e
th is
a re a
o f
th e
s k y
w as
n o tc o v e re d
b y
th e
fa m o u s
P a lo m a r
A tla s ,
th e
E S O
p la te s
s h o w
fo r
th e
firs ttim e
o b je c ts
w h ic h
a re
.fa in te r
th a n
a b o u t1 6 ':' in
th e s e
fie ld s .
A s
th e
lim itin g
m a g n itu d e
o fth e
E S O
(B )
S u rv e y
is
a b o u t
2 1m 5,
th e re
is
o b v io u s ly
h e re
a
ric h
fie ld
fo rd is c o v e r ie s .
M r.
H .
S c h u s te r,
E S O
s ta ff
a s tro n o m e r
o n
L a
S illa ,
c o n d u c te d
th e
o b s e rv a tio n s
w ith
th e
a s s is ta n c e
o fM r.
D .B a lle r e a u .
In
o rd e rt o
s y s te m a tiz e
th e
s e a rc h
fo rn e w
o b je c ts , a
jo in tp ro g ra m m e
h a s
b e e n
in itia te d
b e tw e e n
E S O
a n d
U p p s a la
O b s e rv a to ry
in
S w e d e n .
T h e
c o o rd in a to rs
a re
P ro fe s s o rE .H o lm b e r g ,fo r U p p s a la , a n d
D r.
R .M .W est
fo rE S O .
T h e
a im
o fth is
s e a rc h
is
t o
id e n tify
a ll th e
b rig h te r,
a lre a d y -k n o w n
g a la x ie s
w h ic h
a re
s e e n
o n
th e
p la te s ,
a n d
to find
new ,fa in te ro n e s w h ic h
a re
in te re s tin g
fro m
a n
a s tro n o m ic a l
p o in t
o fv ie w .
S o
fa r,
o n
th e
firs t
4 0
p la te s ,m ore th a n 2 0 0 p e c u lia r , a n d
in s o m e c a s e s i n t e r \ue000
c o n n e c te d , g a la x ie s
h a v e
b e e n
fo u n d .
A t th e s a m e tim e , a ll k n o w n
s te lla rc lu s te r s a n d p la n e \ue000
ta ry
n e b u la e
a re
b e in g
lis te d .
T h e
re s u lts
o fth is
E S O /U p p s a la
c o lla b o r a tio n
w ill be
p u b lis h e d
in
th e
A s tro n o m y
a n d
A s tro p h y s ic s
S u p p le -