VLTI status update: a decade of operations and beyond

We present the latest update of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope interferometer (VLTI). The operations of VLTI have greatly improved in the past years: reduction of the execution time; better offering of telescopes configurations; improvements on AMBER limiting magnitudes; study of polarization effects and control for single mode fibres; fringe tracking real time data, etc. We present some of these improvements and also quantify the operational improvements using a performance metric. We take the opportunity of the first decade of operations to reflect on the VLTI community which is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Finally, we present briefly the preparatory work for the arrival of the second generation instruments GRAVITY and MATISSE.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings of the SPIE, 9146-1

Prácticum virtual en Educación Física: entre pandemia e incertidumbre

The current health situation has hampered many face-to-face training processes, affecting Professional Synthesis Practices (PSP) and causing students to complete their Training Process (TP) in virtually. The objective of the investigation was to know the perception of students regarding the Virtual Practice of Professional Synthesis. The methodology had a quantitative approach and the data was collected through a descriptive survey, applied to 47 Physical Education (PE) teachers who graduated from a Chilean university during 2020. It is concluded that the graduates were prepared to the changes that occurred during the health crisis, accepting the situation given this year and adapting to it, which should be considered as an opportunity for innovation in the subject.A situação atual de saúde tem dificultado muitos processos de formação presencial, impactando as Práticas de Síntese Profissional (PSP), fazendo com que os alunos concluam seu Processo de Formação (PF) na virtualidade. O objetivo da pesquisa foi conhecer a percepção de alunos de Educação Física (EF) sobre a Prática Virtual de Síntese Profissional. A metodologia teve abordagem quantitativa e os dados foram coletados por meio de uma pesquisa descritiva, aplicada a 47 formandos de EF de uma universidade chilena durante o ano de 2020. Conclui-se que os formandos foram preparados para as mudanças ocorridas durante a crise de saúde, aceitando a situação atendendo este ano e adaptando-se a ele, o que deve ser considerado uma oportunidade de inovação no assunto.La situación sanitaria actual ha obstaculizado muchos procesos formativos de modalidad presencial impactando en las Prácticas de Síntesis Profesional (PSP), provocando que estudiantes finalicen su Proceso Formativo (PF) en la virtualidad. La investigación tuvo como objetivo conocer la percepción de estudiantes de Educación Física (EF) frente a la Práctica Virtual de Síntesis Profesional. La metodología tuvo un enfoque cuantitativo y la recolección de los datos fue a través de una encuesta de tipo descriptiva, aplicada a 47 egresados de EF de una universidad chilena durante el 2020. Se concluye que los egresados se encontraban preparados para los cambios que se presentaron durante la crisis sanitaria, aceptando la situación dada este año y adaptándose a ella, la cual debe considerarse como una oportunidad de innovación de la asignatura

Bringing the New Adaptive Optics Module for Interferometry (NAOMI) into Operation

published in the ESO Messenge