groundbreaking observations of an astronomical phenomenon
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Announcement
Media Advisory: Press Conference at ESO HQ Announcing Unprecedented DiscoveryESO will hold a press conference on 16 October 2017 at 16:00 CEST, at its Headquarters in Garching, Germany, to present groundbreaking observations of an astronomical phenomenon that has never been witnessed before.
The event will be introduced from ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile by the Director General, Xavier Barcons, and will feature talks by representatives of many research groups around Europe.Posted
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Searching for the optical electromagnetic counterpart of gravitational wave events:
http://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/sched_rep_arc/query?progid=099.D-0191(B) ESO Observation ScheduleTarget ra, dec
| 03 04 55.61˙ | -43 24 38.7 | | 03 04 55.66˙ | -43 24 38.2 | | 03 04 57.77˙ | -43 23 13.2 | | 03 05 00.92˙ | -42 23 18.0 | | 03 05 00.96˙ | -42 23 17.5 | | 03 05 03.04˙ | -42 21 52.6 | | 03 05 06.12˙ | -41 21 57.4 | | 03 05 06.17˙ | -41 21 56.9 | | 03 05 08.21˙ | -41 20 32.0 | | 03 08 27.75˙ | -40 21 11.7 | | 03 08 27.79˙ | -40 21 11.2 | | 03 08 29.82˙ | -40 19 46.3 | | 03 08 32.29˙ | -39 19 51.0 | | 03 08 32.33˙ | -39 19 50.5 | | 03 08 34.32˙ | -39 18 25.6 | | 03 08 36.75˙ | -38 18 30.4 | | 03 08 38.76˙ | -38 17 05.0 | | 03 10 30.77˙ | -41 22 25.1 | | 03 10 30.77˙ | -42 23 46.1 | | 03 10 30.91˙ | -43 25 07.1 | | 03 10 32.98˙ | -41 21 00.1 | | 03 10 33.02˙ | -42 22 21.1 | | 03 10 33.20˙ | -43 23 42.1 | | 03 13 47.24˙ | -39 20 16.2 | | 03 13 47.26˙ | -38 18 55.2 | | 03 13 47.36˙ | -40 21 37.2 | | 03 13 47.40˙ | -40 21 36.7 | | 03 13 49.38˙ | -38 17 30.2 | | 03 13 49.38˙ | -39 18 51.2 | | 03 13 49.53˙ | -40 20 12.2 | | 03 15 55.42˙ | -41 21 54.5 | | 03 15 57.75˙ | -41 20 29.9 | | 03 16 00.60˙ | -42 23 15.1 | | 03 16 02.97˙ | -42 21 50.5 | | 03 16 06.22˙ | -43 24 35.8 | | 03 16 08.63˙ | -43 23 11.1 | | 03 18 57.77˙ | -38 18 27.9 | | 03 18 59.99˙ | -38 17 03.2 | | 03 19 02.19˙ | -39 19 48.5 | | 03 19 04.44˙ | -39 18 23.8 | | 03 19 06.99˙ | -40 21 09.1 | | 03 19 09.27˙ | -40 19 44.5 | | 13 09 56.64˙ | -23 36 12.9 | | 13 09 58.50˙ | -23 34 47.4 | | 13 10 00.36˙ | -23 33 22.0 | | 13 10 02.18˙ | -23 31 57.0 | | 13 10 04.00˙ | -23 30 32.0 | | 13 10 05.82˙ | -23 29 07.0 | | 13 10 07.64˙ | -23 27 42.0 |
observed on 2017/08/20 -22 -23 -25 -31 2017/09/12 - 28
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LIGO-VIRGO SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE ASTRONOMY
*** MEDIA ADVISORY *** Issued jointly by the LIGO Laboratory, LIGO
Scientific Collaboration, National Science Foundation, and Virgo
CollaborationScientists representing LIGO, Virgo, and some 70 observatories will
reveal new details and discoveries made in the ongoing search for
gravitational waves.WHEN:
Monday, October 16, 2017
16:00 CEST
** Panels to begin at 16:00 and 17:15, with a 15-minute break in between. Event expected to conclude by 18:30.16:00 CEST
Moderator: France Córdova, Director of the National Science Foundation David Reitze, Executive Director, LIGO Laboratory/Caltech David Shoemaker, Spokesperson, LIGO Scientific Collaboration/MIT Jo van den Brand, Spokesperson, Virgo Collaboration/Nikhef, VU University Amsterdam Julie McEnery, Fermi Project Scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Marica Branchesi, Virgo Collaboration/Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy Vicky Kalogera, Astrophysicist, LIGO Scientific Collaboration/Northwestern University
17:15 CEST
Moderator: Jim Ulvestad, NSF Assistant Director (Acting) for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Laura Cadonati, Deputy Spokesperson, LIGO Scientific Collaboration/Georgia Tech Andy Howell, Staff Scientist at Las Cumbres Observatory/UC-Santa Barbara Ryan Foley, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California-Santa Cruz Marcelle Soares-Santos, Research Associate, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory/Brandeis University David Sand, Assistant Professor in Astronomy, University of Arizona Nial Tanvir, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Leicester, UK Edo Berger, Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University Eleonora Troja, Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland Alessandra Corsi, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University
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GW170817 - THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES FROM A BINARY NEUTRON STAR INSPIRAL
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Exciting news ! 😄
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