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Einstein Ring in Distant Universe	"First Light" image from the SINFONI Adaptive Optics Module	Sky Distribution of ~14.000 Observed Stars	Age of the Universe

NGC 613	Spectrum of the Extremely Distant Galaxy z6VDF J022803-041618	The Star HIC 69495 (AO corrected image)	Interferometric fringes of the star GJ 887

View from NTT Peak	First light of one of the VLT Unit Telescopes	Echelle Spectrum of QSO HE2217-2818	Radial Velocity Curve of Gilese 86

Detection of a bow shock around Vela X-1	Changes in the Ring Nebula Around SN 1987A	Weighed and Found Too Light	Witnessing the Violent Birth of a Solar-type Star

SN1987A Conference	VLT Inauguration, 1996	Blauuw and Heckman	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope

Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	VLT 3D model at the Paranal Visitor Centre	Staff at the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	The road to Klaverlei

Star separator for the VLT Interferometer under test at TNO	The new PARLA laser in operation at ESO's Paranal Observatory	Side-by-side comparison of ALMA observations and artist’s impression of the disc and gas streams around HD 142527	IMAX Filming at Paranal

The ESO 1.52-metre telescope and Chilicass	Screenshot of ESOcast 46	Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 observations	ALMA Control Room

Reflection in the UT4 primary mirror	Bochum 0.61-metre telescope	Cerro Paranal, 1987	VLT mirror handling

Residencia exterior	ESO 3.6-metre telescope from the CAT	Inauguration of Paranal Observatory, 1996	Armazones site testing

The CAT dome being assembled	Scene from October 1981	Architect’s rendering of the new ESO Headquarters Extension (interior view)	Construction of the Coudé Auxiliary Telescope

The European Extremely Large Telescope cost meeting	The radio hut at La Silla	Atlas Laboratory in 1973	ESO Open House Day 2011 Infrared photography

ESO Open House Day 2011	ESO Open House Day 2011	ESO Open House Day 2011	Prince Philippe of Belgium