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ESO Users Committee Update February 2019

13/2/2019

by Caroline Foster <caroline.foster@sydney.edu.au>

This is a quick update from your Users Committee (UC) representative. My role is to represent Australian ESO users and act as the capillary link between ESO and the Australian community.

First, congratulations to all those who have been awarded ESO time for P103 and have completed their Phase 2s last week. Now let’s hope for lots of good quality photons!

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The Very Large Telescope in 2030 - a key conference for Australia

11/2/2019

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by Mike Ireland <michael.ireland@anu.edu.au>

Between June 17 and 21 this year, an exciting, rare and strategic meeting will take place in Garching on The VLT in 2030. The existing complement of VLT/I instrumentation was largely defined a decade or more ago, with no new instruments approved in the past 5 years. The long term future of the observatory is uncertain, with a range of possible changes to instrumentation and operations.

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Mike Ireland is the Australian representative on the ESO Science Technical Committee. He can be reached at michael.ireland@anu.edu.au

Caroline Foster is the Australian representative on the ESO Users Committee. She can be reached at caroline.foster@sydney.edu.au

Stuart Ryder is a Program Manager with AAL. He can be contacted at Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au

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