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| The star S2 makes a close approach to the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way | The polarisation of light emitted by a neutron star | 3D animation of quasar halo | The protoplanetary disc around V883 Orionis (artist's impression) |
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| ESO Trailer (no text) | Artforms of nature: a new way of seeing (2008) | Full Dome geometry series: Part I (2007) | MUSE view of the Hubble Deep Field South |
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| The colourful star cluster NGC 3590 | Zoomaten eksoplaneettaan Beta Pictoris b | Taiteilijan näkemys keltaisesta hyperjättiläistähdestä HR 5171 | Luhman 16B:n pintakartta, joka on valmistettu VLT-teleskoopin havainnoista |
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| Taiteilijan näkemys Linnunradasta | Tarkka silmäys APEX-teleskoopin kuvaan osasta Orionin sumua | Panoroiden halki Lokkisumun | Taiteilijan näkemys kuuluisasta eksoplaneetasta Tau Boötis b |
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| Zooming in on the unusual double star SS Leporis | Prof. Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010) speaks about astronomy from the southern hemisphere | Prof. Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010) speaks about the aims of ESO | Prof. Adriaan Blaauw (1914–2010) speaks about ESO's collaboration with CERN |
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| ESO Video 17: Imaging Cosmic Dawn (ALMA) | La Silla history 1992 (part 8) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 15) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 13) |
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| La Silla history 1992 (part 6) | La Silla history 1992 (part 7) | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope in 1992 (part 6) | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope in 1992 (part 7) |
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| ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 14) | La Silla history 1992 (part 4) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 1) | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope in 1992 (part 8) |
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| La Silla history 1992 (part 1) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (Part 16) | Animaatio EHT-tutkijoiden tekemistä maailman tarkimmista maanpäällisistä havainnoista | Animation of the orbit of the star S2 around the galactic centre black hole |
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| Animation of `Oumuamua outgassing | Animation of `Oumuamua outgassing and rotating | The motions of the bright spots on Ceres | The Sun crosses the sky |
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| The sky above a lake | Panning across the star formation region Gum 15 | Taiteilijan näkemys asteroidi Charikloa kiertävästä rengasjärjestelmästä | ESO:n VST-teleskoopin lähikuva Katkarapusumusta |
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| Panoroiden halki tähtienmuodostusalueen NGC 6559 | Vihreä papu -galaksi J2240 | VLT Auxiliary Telescopes time-lapse | Panoroiden VISTA:n syvään kuvaan COSMOS-kentästä |
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| Zooming in on Pandora’s Cluster | ESO Movie 16: A Giant's Mirror Best Support | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 3) | La Silla history 1992 (part 12) |
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| ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 10) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 8) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 4) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 5) |
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| ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 6) | La Silla history 1992 (part 14) | La Silla history 1992 (part 16) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 2) |
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| La Silla history 1992 (part 9) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 7) | La Silla history 1992 (part 10) | A Flared Proto-Planetary Disc |
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| The ELT, from the air | APEX holography run | Milky Way gamma ray lobes | Microwave map of the Milky Way |
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| Far infrared map of the Milky Way | Black hole devours a star | The Eagle Nebula | The Crab Nebula |
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| Orbits of the Solar System | X-ray & optical images of a supernova remnant | Active galaxy | Stars merge and go supernova |
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| Exoplanet | Pulsar star | Paranal aerial view | Where the ELT will be |
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| ESO's desert home | The TRAPPIST–South telescope in its dome at La Silla | Excerpt from ESOcast 82 | The sky glimpsed through the trees of a pine forest |
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| VISTA finds hidden feature of Milky Way | Zooming in on the nearby star AU Microscopii | A zoom into Abell 1689 and a very remote dusty galaxy | The enclosure of the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) at Paranal |
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| Zooming in on the dark cloud Lupus 4 | A close-up view of the dark cloud Lupus 4 | A close-up look at star formation in the southern Milky Way | Zooming in on Gum 15 |
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| Gamma-ray burst buried in dust (artist’s impression) | Zoomaten galakseihin NGC 1316 ja 1317 | MUSE video of the transit of Europa across the disc of Jupiter | Panoroiden halki VLT:n kuvan Toby-kannu -sumusta |
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| Näkymiä ALMA:n avajaispäivältä | Zoomaten tähtijoukkoon NGC 6520 ja tummaan pilveen Barnard 86 | Infrapuna- ja näkyvän valon kuvien vertaus tähtijoukosta NGC 6520 ja tummasta pilvestä Barnard 86 | Pallomaisten tähtijoukkojen kehittyminen |
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