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SINFONI Observations of the Circinus Galaxy	The central region of NGC 1068	The Highly Unstable Star Eta Carinae (Artist's Impression)	Centaurus A – Field 2 (Detail)

Stars Observed in the FEROS Programme (HR diagram)	The Subaru observations	The southern constellation Indus	Proxima Centauri - barely a real star

Joint Construction of the Giant Radio Telescope "ALMA" in Chile	UVES spectrograph assembly	First Infrared ESO Image of Comet Hale-Bopp	On the Desert Road

On the Old Panamericana on the Way to Paranal	On the Way to Paranal	The VLT Mirror Convoy Moves along the Seafront	The Convoy Drives through the Desert

The 8.2-m VLT Mirror: Finally in Paranal	The Convoy Arrives at the Base Camp	The Dummy Mirror is Uncovered	Testing the UT1 Mechanical Structure

The View form the Unit Telescope 1 Enclosure	Unit Telescope 1 Altitude Bearings	Flora	Unit Telescope 1 in its Enclosure

Paranal Base Camp	Paranal Access Road	Old Panamericana Road and ESO Paranal Surroundings	Unit Telescope 1 Structure

Telescope Foundations	The Coating Plant for the VLT	The Coating Plant for the ESO VLT	Testing the VLT Power Generators

Strange Comet Discovered at ESO	Comet Hyakutake	First Infrared ESO Image of Comet Hale-Bopp	Planetary Nebulae in NGC 1399

Saturn and the Giant White Spot	Most distant "normal'' galaxy known, G 0102 190	A supernova explodes 5 billion years ago	.58 meter mirror for the New Technology Telescope (NTT)

The ESO 16-m Very Large Telescope	Comet Halley's CO tails	Exhibition Time	Support tech

Sky Atlas Laboratory	Sky Atlas Laboratory	Assembly of the ESO 1-metre telescope	Assembly of the ESO 1-metre telescope

Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	AT4 arrives Paranal