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Welcome to the DFA
In 2004 the Science Faculty of the Universidad de Valparaiso decided to
develop the first astronomy group in Chile's fifth region.
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December
2009
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 May 10, 2010
Dr.
Tomás Verdugo (DFA-UV) with GEMINI
astronomers
estimate the mass of a cannibalistic galaxy with monstrous appetite
in the cumulus A3827. The gravitational lens discovered in this object
permits to say that this galaxy is the most massive galaxy known
today. Read more
November 13, 2009
 A
probe was launched last Friday from ESO’s Paranal
observatory in northern Chile — home of the Very Large
Telescope
(VLT) — aboard a weather balloon. Such
radiosondes, measure various atmospheric parameters and transmit them
to a receiver on the ground. Researchers from ESO, the University of
Lethbridge (Canada) and Universidad de Valparaiso (Chile) are currently
in the middle of a 12-day programme, during which they plan to launch
29 radiosondes. Each night, parallel observations with the VLT
instruments UVES, CRIRES and VISIR are carefully orchestrated to
coincide with two additional radiosonde launches, while an infrared
radiometer provides continuous coverage. This powerful combination of
instruments and methods will provide a better understanding of the
distribution and amount of water vapour in the atmosphere above
Paranal, which is highly relevant for astronomical observations. The
knowledge gained from these data can be used to optimise science
operations at the VLT and, in the future, at the European Extremely
Large Telescope (E-ELT). The team members from U. Valparaíso
are: Michel Curé, Arlette Chacón, Lissette
Cortes, and
Lizett Illanes.
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December
1, 2009
4to. encuentro de Astronomía
y Meteorología
en la UV
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Next public talk:
Monday,
September 6, 2010
Dr. Luis Paredes Rojas
Sociedad Astronómica de Valparaíso y
Viña del Mar-SAVAL
"El
Espacio: ¿Una Ilusión?"
Vemos
tres dimensiones del espacio: arriba y abajo, derecha e izquierda,
delante y detrás. Añadimos el tiempo, y tenemos la mezcla
tetradimensional a la que llamamos espaciotiempo. Vivimos, pues, en un
universo con cuatro dimensiones. ¿O no?
Nuevas teorías físicas predicen que una de las tres
dimensiones del espacio es una especie de ilusión: las
partículas y campos que componen la realidad residirían
en un espacio bidimensional, como la Planilandia que imaginó en
el sigloXIX Edwin A. Abbot. También la gravedad sería
parte de la ilusión, una fuerza, ausente del mundo
bidimensional, que se manifiesta sólo cuando emerge la tercera
dimensión.
 Sala
"Rubén Darío"
Centro de Extensión
de la UV,
Errázuriz 1108
Valparaíso
Entrada Liberada
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Hot Stars Meeting, March 2009
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Open positions |
Interferometric View of
Hot Stars
Viña del Mar, Chile,
March 2-6, 2009
Read
more ...
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Post-doc
position in observational studies of massive stars
at
Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
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Departamento
de Física
y
Astronomía, Facultad de Ciencias 
