ESOcast 125: Q&A with ESO's Incoming Director General Xavier Barcons — Taking up duty at ESO

ESO’s new Director General, Xavier Barcons, gives his perspective on ESO, astronomy, and his new position.

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Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Music: STAN DART (www.stan-dart.com).
Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, M. Kornmesser, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), F. Kamphues, J. Colosimo, B. Tafreshi (twanight.org), ACe Consortium, Y. Beletsky (LCO), Liam Young/Unknown Fields, ESA/Hubble, T. Matsopoulos, Architekten Bernhardt + Partner (www.bp-da.de), Gianluca Lombardi (glphoto.it) and spaceengine.org.
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.