The PhD work on chemical abundances of solar twins of Dr. Marcelo Tucci Maia from the Astronomy Nucleus UDP was honoured at the Thesis Prize 2018 of Universidad of São Paulo, Brazil. Marcelo Tucci Maia is a post-doc member of the Astronomy Nucleus of UDP since March 2018 and is funded by the ESO-Chile joint …
Dr. Paula Jofre from the Astronomy Nucleus explains the Chilean Academy of Sciences about her new idea of using evolutionary trees to reconstruct the history of the Galaxy using chemical abundances of stars as DNA. Evolutionary tree of 22 stars in the solar vicinity. The different branches are attributed to different families. The sun is …
Inspiring Stars is the world exhibition on Accessible Astronomy gathering at IAU General Assembly at Vienna, on August 22nd 2018. Many Chilean institutions have been cooperating to be part of this initiative and bring their accessible astronomical experiences for hearing and visually impaired people to the exhibition. Astronomy For All Started under the clear Chilean night sky, …
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Alice Zurlo from the Astronomy Nucleus of UDP shows how with SPHERE we can learn more about exoplanets. on-sky movement of Proxima Centauri with respect to background stars The gravitational mass of Proxima Centauri measured with SPHERE from a microlensing event Proxima Centauri, our closest stellar neighbor, is the subject of many attentions since the …
The Astronomy Nucleus carries out a series of courses in General Astronomy for UDP students of all careers. As part of the course “Stars of the Milky Way” given by Dr. Paula Jofré, the students were encouraged to work on a report during the semester on a subject their own choice. Examples of outstanding reports …
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Members of Astronomy Nucleus applied with their research projects for using one of the largest radiotelescopest of the World. Credit: C. Padilla – ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) Researchers of the Astronomy Nucleous UDP obtained 125.7 hours for using the for using the ALMA telescope for their research. The telescope gives 400 hours to chilean institutions. The astronomers …
En enero de 2005 se detectó en el núcleo de la galaxia en proceso de fusión Arp 299-B (que se encuentra a una distancia de casi 150 millones de años luz de la Tierra) un brillante destello que se consideró una explosión supernova. Sin embargo, 10 años de observaciones en distintas longitudes de onda han …
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SPHERE, un instrumento buscador de planetas instalado en el VLT (Very Large Telescope) de ESO, ha captado la primera imagen confirmada de un planeta formándose en el polvoriento disco que rodea a una estrella joven. El joven planeta está haciéndose camino a través del disco primordial de gas y polvo que rodea a la joven …
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Este segundo semestre del 2018 vuelve el ciclo Charlas y Noches de Telescopio con 3 destacadas astrónomas: El martes 14 de agosto Manuela Zoccali, Directora del Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica – Millennium Institute of Astrophysics MAS y astrónoma del Instituto de Astrofísica UC nos presentará la charla “Explorando nuestro hogar, la Vía Láctea”. El miércoles 12 de septiembre Paulina Troncoso , miembro de la …
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El astrofotógrafo Juan Almonacid, oriundo de la ciudad de Punta Arenas, nos envió estas espectaculares fotos del cielo Magallánico que obtuvo recientemente. Son tres imágenes tomadas la noche del miércoles 16 de mayo del 2018 desde cerca de Fuerte Bulnes, 52 km al sur de la ciudad de Punta Arenas. Estas dos imágenes fueron obtenidas …