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X-SHOOTER Signature in Copenhagen	Comet West, March 1976	ALMA antennas	VLT Unit Telescopes Under a Starry Sky

Antennas for ALMA at the Antenna Test Facility (ATF)	Supernova Remnant NGC 2060	Star cluster RCW 38	One Auxiliary Telescope Under the Sky

The Spectacular Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-G57	Spiral Galaxy NGC 4565	Messier 83 - Central region	B68, the Black Cloud

Wide Panorama of Chajnantor	The star formation region NGC 6559	La Silla Ridge	ESO's VLT images the planetary nebula IC 1295

Young stars in the open star cluster NGC 2547	SEST at La Silla	Off the shoulder of Orion	La Silla under the Milky Way

VLT/VIMOS observations of the shock front in the remnant of the supernova SN 1006	Swirling Star Trails Over Yepun	The Stars Streak Overhead	The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX)

The radio galaxy Centaurus A, as seen by ALMA	Comet Lovejoy over Santiago	VISTA stares deep into the cosmos	ALMA antenna transported to Chajnantor

Two Auxiliary Telescopes	The Chilean Night Sky from ALMA	Wide-field view of NGC 253 from the VLT Survey Telescope	The E-ELT at sunset (artist’s impression)

Wide-field view of the COSMOS field	Wide-field view of the sky around the most remote quasar	The flames of Betelgeuse	Wide-field view of the Meathook Galaxy

Rare Moon Green Flash Captured	Bridging the Abyss	Collecting Precious Starlight*	Reflecting on the VLT

Aerial View of the VLT	Three ALMA antennas close together on Chajnantor	Cerro Paranal and Cerro Armazones in Chile	ALMA Site (artist's impression)

Artist’s impression of Corot-9b	Darth Vader’s Galaxy, NGC 936	LMC Snapped by Schmidt Telescope	Rendering of the E-ELT

Transporting an Auxiliary Telescope	VLT Platform	The Paranal Observatory	The Moon over one VLT Auxiliary Telescope