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| The Helix Nebula | ESO 3.6-metre telescope — 2 | The protostar HH34 in Orion | ESO 3.6-metre telescope — 4 |
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| The Omega Nebula M17 | La Silla general view (part 8) | La Silla general view (part 9) | Animation der Umlaufbahn eines Planeten mit einer Masse geringer als die der Erde um Barnards Stern |
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| Artist's impression of the Big Bang | Dunkler Fleck auf Neptun mit MUSE am VLT beobachtet | Zoom auf den Nebel Sh2-284 | Zoom auf den Tarantelnebel bei Radiowellenlängen |
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| Künstlerische Animation eines verschwindenden Sterns | Dusk at Paranal | 3D-Ansicht eines mit MUSE beobachteten Gashalos, der verschmelzende Galaxien umgibt, beobachtet mit ALMA | Lasers in the sky |
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| Lasers in the sky | Lasers in the sky | Lasers in the sky | Lighting up the sky |
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| Lighting up the sky | Lasers in the sky | Moonlit VLT dome | Lighting up the sky |
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| Lasers to the stars | Lasers to the stars | Auxiliary Telescopes | Lighting up the sky |
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| Moonset over Cerro Paranal | Getting dark after moonset | Lasers and the Milky Way | Lasers in the sky |
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| Lasers in the sky | Moonlit VLT dome | Moon and lasers in the sky | Green flash registered from Cerro Paranal |
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| Lasers in the night | Lasers in the night | Lasers in the night | Lasers in the night |
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| Moon, lasers and the Milky Way | Auxiliary Telescopes on Cerro Paranal | Moon and lasers in the sky | Zoom auf das Herz der Milchstraße |
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| Künstlerische Darstellung der totalen Sonnenfinsternis am 2. Juli 2019 | Die Totalitätszone für die totale Sonnenfinsternis von 2231 | Zoom auf den jungen Stern HD 163296 | Planetenparade: Die sieben Planeten von TRAPPIST-1 |
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| Zoom auf die MUSE-Aufnahme des Hubble Ultra Deep Fields | Zoom auf den roten Überriesen Antares | Das Sternendach nimmt seinen Platz ein | Das Sternendach nimmt seinen Platz ein |
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| The bright of the Moon | Moonrise | The Milky Way crosses a Greek summer sky | Schwenk über die riesige elliptische Galaxie Centaurus A (NGC 5128) und ihre seltsamen Kugelsternhaufen |
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| Überblendung des Trifidnebels im sichtbaren und infraroten Licht | Zoom auf den Dunkelnebel LDN 483 | Animation des Asteroiden (25143) Itokawa | Animation des Asteroiden (25143) Itokawa |
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| Zoom auf die ArTeMiS-Aufnahme des Katzenpfotennebels NGC 6334 | Schwenk über den Kopf des Möwennebels | Ein Blick durch die Dunstschleier im Gürtel des Orion (Zoom) | Zooming in on Atoms-for-Peace: a galactic collision in action |
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| Animation of the planetary system around Sun-like star HD 10180 (artist’s impression) | Zooming in on the VISTA view of the Tarantula Nebula | The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 2) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope — 7 |
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| MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 3) | ESO 3.6-metre telescope — 6 | The stellar cluster NGC 2467 | The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 1) |
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| ESO Movie 27c: Astronomy from Planet Earth (French) | ESO Movie 27b: Astronomy from Planet Earth (German) | ESO Movie 27: Astronomy from Planet Earth (English) | ESO Movie 27d: Astronomy from Planet Earth (Italian) |
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| The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 5) | The emission nebula N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | TheMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 6) | The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 4) |
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| The emission nebula NGC 3603 | Colliding Galaxies: NGC 5917 and MCG-01-39-003 | The barred spiral galaxy NGC 613 | Zooming in on the Jewel Box |
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| Zooming onto Messier 4 | Zoom in on the embedded star cluster RCW 38 | Der Proto-Superhaufen Hyperion | Flug von der Erde zum Schwarzen Loch im Zentrum der Milchstraße |
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| Artist’s impression video of the black hole binary system in NGC 3201 | Artist’s impression video of the black hole binary system in NGC 3201 | Flug über die MUSE-Aufnahme des Hubble Ultra Deep Fields | Flug durch das Planetensystem Ross 128 |
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| Annäherung an Antares (künstlerische Darstellung) | Night sky at La Silla | Zoom auf VFTS 352 | First light of new laser on Adaptive Optics Facility at Paranal |
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| Zoom auf 51 Pegasi | Nahansichten des Sternhaufens NGC 6193 und des Nebels NGC 6188 | Animation des Ringsystems um den Asteroiden Chariklo | Zoom auf das Herbig-Haro-Objekt HH 46/47 |
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