ESO for the Public

Images


Getting the VLT Ready for Even Sharper Images	Cosmic dust clouds in Messier 78	Artist’s impression of the expected dark matter distribution around the Milky Way	ALMA observes a ring around the bright star Fomalhaut

Architect’s rendering of the new ESO Headquarters Extension (nighttime)	The VLT four laser guide	The VLT goes lion hunting	Alignment of the VLTI

ALMA antennas	Starry skies above La Silla	First 7-metre ALMA Antenna Arrives at Chajnantor	Galactic Bridge between Kueyen and Melipal

Hiding in Plain Sight — the elusive Carina Dwarf Galaxy	A Blood Moon over ESO’s Headquarters	By the Light of the Moon	OmegaCAM, the monster camera of the VLT Survey Telescope

The VLT Survey Telescope observing on a moonlit night	A New Era for Astronomy	IRAS 13481-6124 and its cradle	Planet around Beta Pictoris

Moving ALMA antennas to the Atacama Compact Array pads	An infrared/visible comparison view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula	VLT Telescopes at Paranal	VLT Auxiliary Telescope at Paranal at Sunset

NTT at La Silla	La Silla Telescope Ring	An ALMA antenna on Chajnantor	Moonlit panorama at La Silla

APEX Image Calendar, July 2010 — APEX Chajnantor Facilities seen from Cerro Chajnantor	The Moon in Conjunction with Venus and Jupiter (artistic composition)	SEST and Control	La Silla Observatory

APEX	Paranal in Atacama desert	Mount Paranal	VLT Auxiliary Telescope *

Very Large Telescope	Wide angle view of APEX antenna	Comet McNaught	Telescopes at La Silla

VLT Platform	Paranal Observatory - Instruments	VLT	Chajnantor plateau, APEX and ALMA AOS

SN 2006X, before and after the Type Ia Supernova explosion (artist's impression)	The ALMA Prototype Antennas	The Be Star Alpha Arae (Artist's Impression)	The Alcatel Alenia Space/ European Industrial Engineering Prototype Antenna

ALMA Prototype Antenna VertexRSI on the ATF Test Site at VLA (New Mexico, USA)	In Tarantula Territory (c)	Barred Galaxy NGC 1365	ACA at dawn