ESO's Hidden Treasures Competition

[Odd Minde]

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is proud to present “Hidden Treasures”

ESO presents: Astrophoto competition for beautiful images of night sky processed by real astronomical ESO-data: http://tinyurl.com/34zlub6

A free competition for everyone who enjoys making beautiful images of the night sky using real

astronomical data. The competition has some extremely attractive prizes for the lucky winners who

produce the most beautiful and original images, including an all expenses paid trip to ESO's Very Large

Telescope (VLT) on Cerro Paranal, in Chile, the world’s most advanced optical telescope. And the

winner will have a chance to participate in the nightly VLT observations under the crisp Chilean skies.

Are you ready to dig through this huge collection of images from some of the best telescopes in the

world, and reveal its hidden treasures?

This is not for the faint-hearted, as many terabytes of data are available, spanning many years, different

instruments and technologies. The individual files in the archive are each single exposures, obtained

through a single filter. They need to be extensively processed and combined to bring out the beauty

hidden in there. Will you compete with the very best astrophotography specialists?