Image Archive: Paranal


Secondary Mirror for YEPUN	VLT first unit telescope ANTU	Ready for Transport to KUEYEN	Paranal Observatory

Preparation for aluminization	Transport at Sunset	Transport to KUEYEN	VLT Control Room

VLT M2 Beryllium Mirror	Wrapped Beryllium mirror	VLT Test Camera	The Dummy Mirror in the UT2 Structure

The M1 Cell is Removed From the UT2 Enclosure	The Mirror Cell Arrives at MMB	Hands on with the VST	Look up

Structure support	On the way to recoating	Transporting UT4 cell	Making waves

Sentinels	VLT Laser Guide Star poses for "Traveller" Magazine	The lightweight, rigid reference optic for the new deformable secondary mirror at ESO's VLT	VLT´s UT2 coating

Paranal at Sunset	Mounting the 8.2-m Main Mirror of KUEYEN	A Home in the Desert — Paranal Basecamp	A Home in the Desert — Paranal Basecamp

Observing with ANTU	A Home in the Desert — Paranal Basecamp	Observing with ANTU	MELIPAL Beryllium Mirror

Moving the MELIPAL M2 Mirror	The VLT Adaptive Optics Prototype System	The ESO Council in session on 8 December 1987	Paranal Observatory, 1997

Mirror Maintenance Building	Residencia	Refuge	Overlooking the pool

The VLT at Night	Low Sun	ESO's VLT, March 2012	Crescent

Vantage point	Sunset panorama from Paranal	Panoramic view of sunset over Paranal	Water truck going to Paranal

Silence please	Sunrise from Paranal	Sunset at Paranal	VLT Unit Telescope Underbelly