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The
most massive stars in the universe die in colossal explosions,
supernovae, whose power makes them visible over huge intergalactic
distances. But these explosions are much more complex than previously
believed. Recent observations made at Calar Alto Observatory zoom in
into one of the manifestations of this complexity: the non-spherical
shape of these explosions...
The President of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Mr. Manuel Chaves González, visited on April 20th the Calar Alto Observatory. In this clear and rather cold morning, the President has had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Observatory and its staff...
Calar Alto releases to the astronomical community the widest integral field spectroscopy mosaic survey of the Great Orion Nebula. This survey constitutes the widest (both spatially and in spectral range) survey ever done of this object, and allows, for the first time, the study of the true integrated properties and complex structure of this canonical, nearest to Earth HII region. The paper presenting these data, by Calar Alto astronomer Sebastián F. Sánchez and collaborators from Spain and the Netherlands, was recently published and highlighted by the European journal Astronomy & Astrophysics on its April 1 issue. Images from the survey appear on the cover of this A&A issue.
All the information on the 2007 Calar Alto Colloquium can be found here. Looking forward to see you in Heidelberg in May.
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