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| Zoom-in on the double star HD 87643 | Zoom in on Betelgeuse | Panorama van de Helixnevel | Zoom-in onto T Leporis |
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| Carina Nebula Zoom-in | Comet Tempel 1 | Inside looking out | Inzoomen op het H II-gebied LHA 120-N 180B |
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| Artist's impression of the whirlpool around a gigantic black hole | Inzoomen op Apep | Sterren die om het zwarte gat in het hart van de Melkweg draaien | Objecten aan de hemel tijdens de totale zonsverduistering boven La Silla (Engelstalig) |
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| De omloopbanen van drie sterren nabij het galactisch centrum | NGC 6369 met en zonder AOF | Zooming in on the Orion Nebula | Panning across the Orion Nebula |
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| The TRAPPIST telescope in its dome at La Silla | View from the inside of TRAPPIST | Stervormingsgebied RCW 106 en omgeving onder de loep | Close-up van de omgeving van het sterrenstelsel NGC 5291 |
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| De kleurrijke sterrenhoop NGC 2367 | Chilean President Michelle Bachelet holds video conference with Paranal Observatory from Expo Milano 2015 | New High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA | New High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA |
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| Inzoomen op stervorming in de zuidelijke Melkweg | Artist’s impression van Luhman 16B, gebaseerd op VLT-waarnemingen | De levenscyclus van een zonachtige ster (met tekst) | Zwenken langs de nieuwe VLT-opname van NGC 2014 en NGC 2020 |
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| Inzoomen op een APEX-opname van een deel van de Orionnevel | Inzoomen op de planetaire nevel IC 1295 | Het gravitatielenseffect op verre sterren-vormende sterrenstelsels (schematisch) | ALMA Operational Support Facility (part 3) |
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| ALMA Operational Support Facility (part 6) | ALMA Operational Support Facility (part 2) | ALMA Operational Support Facility (part 7) | ALMA Operational Support Facility (part 4) |
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| Vampierster slokt materie op van zware begeleider (geannoteerde versie) | Zwenken langs de stellaire kraamkamer NGC 6357 | Zwenken langs het radiostelsel Centaurus A, zoals gezien door ALMA | E-ELT mirror segments under test |
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| First planet of extragalactic origin (artist's impression) | Telescope seeing effects | ESO Movie 23: Physics on Stage 3 – Physics and Life | Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope (part 2) |
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| MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 11) | The Antenne, NGC4038 and NGC 4039 | Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope (part 1) | Assembly hall (part 1) |
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| The spiral galaxy NGC 3190 | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 9) | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope (part 10) | The galaxy NGC 4565 |
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| Galaxy structure seven billion light-years away | Galaxy structure seven billion light-years away | Zoom in on the star CoRoT-7 | Zoom-in RCW 86 |
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| Galaxies in collision | Panorama over en inzoomen op de Helixnevel | Inzoomen op de Helixnevel | The first image of an exoplanet confirmed |
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| First Auxiliary Telescope for the VLT | ADONIS observes low-mass eclipsing system in Orion | Paranal Observatory (December 2000) | The UVES Spectrograph Sees the Sun |
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| Getting ISAAC ready for the VLT | VLT Unit Telescope 1 during integration | Flight above the VLT Paranal Observatory | Segmenten van hoofdspiegel ELT verscheept naar Chili |
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| Zwenken langs de nevel SH2-284 | Zwenken langs de Kosmische Vleermuis | Artist's impression of the Veil Nebula (fulldome) | Orbit in exile |
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| Verdwaald in de ruimte (artist’s impression) | Animatie van de lichtweg binnen GRAVITY | Solar eclipse (fulldome artist's impression) | ESO Signs Largest Ever Ground-based Astronomy Contract for E-ELT Dome and Telescope Structure |
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| Excerpt from ESOcast 81 | VISTA ontdekt verborgen onderdeel van de Melkweg | Inzoomen op HIP 102152, de oudste dubbelganger van de zon | Driedimensionaal beeld van de ALMA-waarnemingen van de uitstroom van NGC 253 |
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| Gaswolk valt in de richting van het zwarte gat in het Melkwegcentrum | Computersimulatie van een stofval | Zwenken langs een VST-opname van de Carinanevel | ALMA Operational Support Facility (part 1) |
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| Optisch/infrarood-vergelijking van het hart van de Melkweg | The Cool Clouds of Carina | Zooming in on the flames of Betelgeuse | Glueing of an antenna |
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| Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna |
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| Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna |
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| Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna | Glueing of an antenna |
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