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Early Results of the ESO VLT

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The results of the FORS and ISAAC Science Verification of the FORS and ISAAC instruments at the VLT ANTU/UT1 are described. The following observations have been carried out: 1) the Cluster Deep Field MS1008.1-1224 2) the Antlia dwarf spheroidal Galaxy 3) multiple Object Spectroscopy of Lyman break galaxies in the AXAF and Hubble Deep Field South 4) ISAAC IR Spectroscopy of a gravitationally magnified galaxy at z=2.72. The data have been made public for the ESO community and, in the case of HDF-S, worldwide.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9908165,
  title  = {Early Results of the ESO VLT},
  author = {S. Cristiani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9908165},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages Latex, with 4 PostScript figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the 1st Workshop of the Italian Network ``Formation and Evolution of Galaxies''