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| Adding an “Artificial” Star to the Multitude in the Sky |
Milky Way over Paranal |
Paranal Observatory |
Paranal and the Basecamp * |
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| VLT Laser Guide Star |
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 |
The Carina Nebula * |
A Laser Comb for Astronomy |
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| First Light of the VLT Laser Guide Star |
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1097 |
LMC Region near the Tarantula Nebula |
Preparing for Observations at Paranal |
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| The Dumbbell Nebula |
Golden Hour at Paranal |
ALMA array from the air |
Night Comes to Paranal |
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| Wide Field Imager view of a Milky Way look-alike, NGC 6744 |
The VLT in action |
HAWK-I infrared image of the spectacular barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365* |
The planetary system around the Sun-like star HD 10180 (artist’s impression) |
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| Aerial View of Paranal Observatory |
The Milky Way over Paranal |
APEX Image Calendar, September 2010 — Chajnantor from above |
The future ALMA array on Chajnantor (artist’s rendering) |
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| Interferometry Task Force December 2005 |
VLT Platform |
La Silla Observatory |
An ALMA antenna en route to the plateau of Chajnantor for the first time |
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| Panoramic View of the Paranal Area* |
Star-Forming Region RCW38 in the Milky Way |
Paranal's landscape |
Peering into the night |
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| Still from ALMA time-lapse video compilation 2012 |
Moon and Venus seen from ESO's Paranal Observatory |
A Galaxy Full of Surprises — NGC 3621 is bulgeless but has three central black holes |
The Fried Egg Nebula |
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| First 7-metre ALMA Antenna Arrives at Chajnantor |
First 7-metre ALMA Antenna Arrives at Chajnantor |
First 7-metre ALMA Antenna Arrives at Chajnantor |
First 7-metre ALMA Antenna Arrives at Chajnantor |
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| A spiral galaxy in Leo |
Smoke Signals in Space |
VST’s view of the Leo Triplet and beyond |
The brilliant star VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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| On Top of the World |
Echinopsis Atacamensis and the Milky Way |
HAWK-I Instrument Spies a Super Galaxy |
Sunrise at Paranal |
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| The Desert around VISTA |
VLT Unit Telescope at Paranal |
SEST at La Silla from a Distance |
UT1 and ATs |