ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VTL in Chile, will certainly bring a host of new results in optical astronomy for the years to come. This workshop surveys a large variety of possible observations and the needed instrumentation. It is an exciting overview of front research in astronomy rarely published before. The book covers the whole gamut of optical-IR astronomy from the Solar System, search for planets in nearby stars, physics of Galactic stars and clusters, Galactic structure, structure of nearby galaxies, AGN and quasars, clusters of galaxies, to large structure and cosmology. Furthermore it summarizes the two panel discussions.
ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VLT in Chile, will certainly bring a host of new results in optical astronomy. This workshop surveys a large variety of possible observations and the needed instrumentation, and the book gives an exciting overview of front research in astronomy rarely published before, addressing researchers and engineers of optical instruments.
Jeremy Walsh
active galactic nuclei astronomy cosmology galaxies planet quasar quasars solar system telescope
"...well-presented and thought-provoking, carefully dissecting individual goals and requirements for the future." - Irish Astronomical Journal
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