P. D. Lynam  

Schedule

2007-12-30:

Comet Holmes in the Paranal sky.

2007-12-28--2008-01-04:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 34), Paranal [7 nights].

2007-11-30--2007-12-12:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 33), Paranal [12 nights].

2007-11-20:

ESO Vitacura Science Days 2007, ESO Office, Santiago, Chile.

2007-11-15--2007-11-17:

Visit to APEX³ and ALMA⁴, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

2007-11-12--2007-11-14:

ESO Fellows Meeting, ESO Office, Santiago, Chile.

2007-10-04--2007-11-09:

On leave.

2007-09-12--2007-09-21:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 32), Paranal [9 nights].

2007-07-22:

NACO and LGSF combine to observe the Galactic Centre.

2007-07-20:

Public Outreach: First ESO/EAAE Summer School. A live link between Paranal to the European Association for Astronomy Education² Summer School in Garching, Germany was established. This took the form of a simultaneous video link and powerpoint presentation discussing ESO facilities at the La Silla-Paranal Observatories and reviewing a selection of recent science activities performed with the Very Large Telescope, from Comets to Cosmology. The presentation, which was regarded as a highlight of the Summer School, was followed by a question-and-answer session. Summer School, Garching, Germany.

2007-07-13--2007-07-22:

Day Operations Astronomer (Shift 31), Paranal [9 nights].

2007-07-01:

VISIR observations of main belt asteroids (Bellona, Emma, Melete, Lutetia, Diotima, Cava) under spectacularly clear, stable atmospheric conditions.

2007-06-30:

Public Outreach: The 2007 Exhibition Meeting of the British Astronomical Association (BAA)¹. A live video link between Paranal and the British Astronomical Association, Exhibition Meeting, UK was established. Attendees witnessed the end-of-night operations at UT2-Kueyen, an interview with Dr Gael James (ESO Fellow) and discussed examples of very recent raw data from VISIR observations of the young star cluster in the environment of the super-massive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, and emission lines present in VIMOS observations of a galaxy cluster.

2007-06-23--2007-07-02:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 30), Paranal [9 nights].

2007-06-02--2007-06-07:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 29), Paranal [5 nights].

2007-05-17--2007-05-22:

Day Operations Astronomer (Shift 28), Paranal [5 nights].

2007-03-09--2007-03-16:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 27), Paranal [7 nights].

2007-01-28--2007-01-31:

FORS Support Operations Astronomer (Shift 26a), Paranal [3 nights].

2007-01-19:

Comet McNaught in the Paranal evening sky.

2007-01-18--2007-01-28:

Night Operations Astronomer (Shift 26), Paranal Observatory [10 nights].

2007-01-15--2007-01-16:

Presentation to ESO Visiting Committee, ESO Office, Santiago, Chile.

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