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| VISTA's infrared view of the Orion Nebula |
The Helix Nebula |
VST image of the star-forming region Messier 17 |
A 340-million pixel starscape from Paranal |
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| NGC 2264 and the Christmas Tree cluster |
The Centre of the Milky Way |
NGC 2467 and Surroundings |
The Horsehead Nebula |
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| VST image of the giant globular cluster Omega Centauri |
Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion |
Panoramic view of the WR 22 and Eta Carinae regions of the Carina Nebula |
The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula |
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| Early Morning on Paranal |
The future ALMA array on Chajnantor (artist’s rendering) |
Rare 360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky |
370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula |
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| The Milky Way panorama |
The Omega Nebula |
Centaurus A |
Glowing Stellar Nurseries |
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| The R Coronae Australis region imaged with the Wide Field Imager at La Silla |
The Eagle Nebula |
A Pool of Distant Galaxies |
Stellar nursery NGC 3603 |
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| Sunset over Paranal Panorama |
The Trifid Nebula |
A plume on Betelgeuse (artist’s impression) |
APEX at Chajnantor |
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| Spiral galaxy NGC 1232 |
VLT looks into The Eyes of the Virgin |
The VLT in Action |
ESO’s Very Large Telescope Peers into a Distant Nebula |
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| Infrared VISTA view of a stellar nursery in Monoceros |
Paranal Platform After Sunset |
Panorama of Sunset on Paranal |
The Carina Nebula |
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| The Tinker Bell Triplet |
Portrait of a Dramatic Stellar Crib |
The Topsy-Turvy Galaxy NGC 1313 |
The Orion Nebula |
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| The Future European Extremely Large Telescope |
Close-up of the drama of star formation |
Latest Rendering of the E-ELT |
Bird’s Eye View of the Very Large Telescope |
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| Paranal Observatory and the Volcano Llullaillaco |
Trailing stars above Paranal |
Artist’s impression of Corot-7b |
Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 |
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| N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
Really Hot Stars |
One million stars — towards the dark heart of the Milky Way |
Celestial Conjunction at Paranal |