La Silla telescope ring

A ring of telescopes at ESO's La Silla observatory. La Silla, in the southern part of the Atacama desert, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile, was ESO's first observation site. The telescopes are 2400 metres above sea level, providing excellent observing conditions. ESO operates the ESO 3.6-metre telescope and the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla. This site also hosts many national telescopes, including the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope and the Danish 1.54-metre telescope. An annotated version of this image is available here.

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Iztok Bončina/ESO

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Identificazione:ib-la-silla06
Tipo:Fotografico
Data di rilascio:Martedì 06 Aprile 2010 16:09
Grandezza:3820 x 2491 px

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Nome:La Silla
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Categoria:La Silla

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