Planetary Wanderings
Exploring the worlds of our Solar System - Leigh Fletcher.
Sunday, 27 May 2018
#VLTJupiter 6: A Tour of Cerro Paranal
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The first glimpse of the VLT came as our bus arrived at the Residencia from Antofagasta. Four gleaming silver boxes on top of a flattened m...
Saturday, 26 May 2018
#VLTJupiter 5: A Tour of the Southern Sky
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One of the incredible things about being on top of Cerro Paranal is the stunning visibility of the night sky and the Milky Way. And for som...
#VLTJupiter 4: Observing with VLT
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Observing from a large telescope is a rather different experience to what you might imagine. It's not a case of being outside with the ...
#VLTJupiter 3: ESO's Residencia
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One of the most incredible things about this whole experience has been staying in the Residencia , about 300 m below the mountain peak in th...
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
#VLTJupiter 2: Journey to Paranal
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Chaotic. That's probably the best way to describe my second-ever trip to South America. We were late boarding the flight from Heathrow...
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
#VLTJupiter 1: Jupiter from the VLT
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Over the past decade, I've been exceedingly fortunate to have won time on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Teles...
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Discovery of Uranus and its Satellites
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"While examining the small stars... I perceived one that appeared visibly larger than the rest: being struck with its uncommon magnitud...
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