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Astron. Astrophys. 343, L1-L4 (1999)
Letter to the Editor
Science verification of the Unit Telescope 1 of the ESO Very Large Telescope *
Riccardo Giacconi,
Roberto Gilmozzi,
Bruno Leibundgut,
Alvio Renzini,
Jason Spyromilio and
Massimo Tarenghi
European Southern Observatory,
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85784 Garching bei München,
Germany
Received 14 December 1998 / Accepted 11 January 1999
Abstract
Science Verification observations with the VLT Unit Telescope No. 1 have provided the first publicly available scientific data from the VLT. This paper describes the preparation, observations, and reductions of the imaging data obtained during this Science Verification phase. Also given is a description of the status of the telescope at the time of the observations and of the instrument, the VLT Test Camera. The reductions procedures to which the data have been submitted are outlined. Data analyses and their astrophysical interpretations are presented in other papers in this issue.
Key words: telescopes 
surveys
* Based on observations collected for Science Verification of UT1 at the European Southern Observatory, Paranal, Chile. Invited introductory paper to this special Letter section.
Send offprint requests to: B. Leibundgut
Correspondence to: bleibundgut@eso.org
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Science verification policy
- 3. The telescope
- 4. The VLT test camera
- 5. The observations
- 6. Science verification - a glimpse of the future
- Acknowledgements
- References
© European Southern Observatory (ESO) 1999
Online publication: March 1, 1999
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