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| Yepun’s Laser and the Magellanic Clouds |
Icy Penitents by Moonlight on Chajnantor |
ESO Headquarters at Sunset* |
Close-up of the drama of star formation |
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| Paranal Observatory and the Volcano Llullaillaco* |
Trailing stars above Paranal |
Spiral Galaxy NGC 253* |
N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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| A VISTA Before Sunset |
The Pencil Nebula, a strangely shaped leftover from a vast explosion |
APEX Stands Sentry on Chajnantor |
Antennae Galaxies composite of ALMA and Hubble observations |
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| The VLT Survey Telescope: the largest telescope in the world designed for visible light sky surveys |
One million stars — towards the dark heart of the Milky Way* |
Group Portrait of the VLT with the Galaxy |
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 |
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| Three Planets Dance Over La Silla |
The star formation region NGC 6559 |
Artist impression of the E-ELT dome |
Artist's conception of the future E-ELT |
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| ALMA antennas under the Milky Way |
Dark Sky and White Desert — Snow pays a rare visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory |
A Laser Beam Towards the Milky Way's Centre* |
Wide Field Imager view of the spiral galaxy NGC 247 |
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| Starry La Silla |
VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey view of the Tarantula Nebula* |
Really Hot Stars |
The Eagle's EGGs * |
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| Image composition of ESO observatories |
Close-up view of the head of the Seagull Nebula |
The Paranal basecamp from above |
Artist’s impression of the E-ELT |
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| VISTA’s look at the Helix Nebula |
The Cool Clouds of Carina |
Laser Meets Lightning |
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) |
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| Another Perfect Day at Paranal |
The Galactic Centre above the ESO 3.6-metre telescope |
Starlight Shines Brightly Above Paranal |
Wide Field Imager view of the southern spiral NGC 300 |
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| The VLT's Laser Guide Star |
The VLT platform on top of Cerro Paranal |
The White Penitents* |
Paranal at Sunrise II |
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| A plume on Betelgeuse (artist’s impression) |
Fine Shades of a Sombrero* |
The Crab Nebula in Taurus |
The Dumbbell Nebula |
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| Two very different glowing gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
Three people, three telescopes and three planets |
ALMA array from the air |
Whirling Southern Star Trails over ALMA |