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| APEX Image Calendar, October 2010 — Sun Avoidance* |
The Cosmic Bat — NGC 1788 |
Star-forming region NGC 346 |
A Dwarf in the Fornax Cluster |
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| The black hole inside NGC 300 X-1 (artist’s impression) |
The European Extremely Large Telescope |
The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula (full frame) |
Comet McNaught over AT |
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| The Milky Way Galaxy |
Chajnantor, with APEX |
Comet McNaught |
Paranal Observatory |
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| Paranal Platform as Night Sets In |
Milky Way Above the VLT Platform |
Adding an “Artificial” Star to the Multitude in the Sky |
Milky Way over Paranal |
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| Paranal Observatory |
Paranal and the Basecamp * |
VLT Laser Guide Star |
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 |
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| The Carina Nebula * |
A Laser Comb for Astronomy |
First Light of the VLT Laser Guide Star |
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1097 |
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| LMC Region near the Tarantula Nebula |
Preparing for Observations at Paranal |
The Dumbbell Nebula |
Auxiliary Telescope against a Setting Sun |
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| Very Large Telescope at Sunrise |
Golden Hour at Paranal |
Night Comes to Paranal |
Wide Field Imager view of a Milky Way look-alike, NGC 6744 |
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| 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) |
Aerial View of Paranal Observatory |
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| The Milky Way over Paranal |
APEX Image Calendar, September 2010 — Chajnantor from above |
The future ALMA array on Chajnantor (artist’s rendering) |
Interferometry Task Force December 2005 |
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| VLT Platform |
La Silla Observatory |
An ALMA antenna en route to the plateau of Chajnantor for the first time |
Panoramic View of the Paranal Area* |
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| Star-Forming Region RCW38 in the Milky Way |
The VLT's Laser Guide Star and star trails+ |
Milky Way above ALMA |
The Paranal Observatory |
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| Paranal beneath the Milky Way |
A smaller array |
GROND colour bands |
Paranal's landscape |