Live Webcams

Web cameras have been placed at many of the ESO sites, allowing anyone to see ESO’s advanced telescopes in action in one of the driest deserts in the world at any time. The 24/7 live transmission from the webcams offers multiple streams that are not to be missed:

• Paranal Observatory, Very Large Telescope and the future site of the Extremely Large Telescope, ELT (Cerro Paranal and Cerro Armazones, Chile): Follow astronomers and engineers as they work at the VLT — the largest visible-light telescope in the world — and see how the four Unit Telescopes are operated or maintained. The Paranal Web Cam is an Apical NEOS360.
• The construction site of the Extremely Large Telescope, ELT (Cerro Armazones, Chile): Follow the construction of the ELT — the future largest visible-infrared telescope in the world — and see its progress.
• ALMA Observatory (Chajnantor Plateau, Chile): Spot the ALMA antennas as they are being operated by ESO and partners. The camera looks at the Chajnantor Plateau at the Operations Support Facilities near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
• APEX (Chajnantor Plateau, Chile): Watch the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope at an elevation of 5100 metres, at one of the highest observatory sites on Earth.
• La Silla Night Cam: Admire breathtaking night views of the Milky Way from the La Silla Observatory.
• Rapid Eye Mount (REM) telescope: Four webcams monitor REM at ESO's La Silla Observatory.
• Danish 1.54-metre telescope: All-sky camera at ESO's La Silla Observatory.

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Views from the VLT

The images are produced with a NEOS360 camera by Apical Technologies.

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Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST

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The webcam offers high-resolution views of the Very Large Telescope observing platform. You can zoom in the Unit Telescopes, Auxiliary Telescopes, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), Cerro Armazones (home of the ELT) and even the distant volcano Llullaillaco (at an amazing distance of 190 km from Paranal). Note that the Moon at times can be so bright that night almost looks like day.

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Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST

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This is how the VLT at Cerro Paranal in Chile looks like now

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Static Points of Interest

Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Cerro Armazones, home of the future ELT. Note the construction work that is ongoing there. Also note that the Sun rises right behind Armazones as seen from VLT at certain times of the year.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE VST
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE K0 station LIVE. Here you may be able to see one of the ATs. On extremely clear days the magnificent 6739-metre volcano Llullaillaco is visible in the background of this photograph. It is an amazing 190 kilometres away on the border with Argentina.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE A1 station. Here you may be able to see one of the ATs.
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE G1 station. Here you may be able to see one of the ATs.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE MELIPAL, also known as UT3
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE On extremely clear days the magnificent 6739-metre volcano Llullaillaco is visible in the background of this photograph. It is an amazing 190 kilometres away on the border with Argentina.
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Circular fisheye	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Extra deep night-time circular fisheye. NB: only live at night.

Views from the ELT (West camera)

The images are produced with a NEOS360 camera by Apical Technologies.

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This interactive, 360-degree webcam offers high-resolution views of the top platform of Cerro Armazones, where ESO’s ELT is being build. To the west, you can see the ELT base camp downhill and the Armazones access road. Next to the right on the horizon, the highest peak is Cerro Paranal (home of ESO’s VLT). To the east, the volcano Llullaillaco (170 km east of Armazones) can usually be seen in the distance.

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Static Points of Interest

Webcam LIVE Cerro Paranal, home of the VLT. Note that the Sun sets right behind Paranal as seen from Armazones at certain times of the year.	Webcam LIVE The 6739-metre volcano Llullaillaco located 170km away from Cerro Armazones.
Webcam LIVE The ELT Basecamp, 320m down-hill, where the construction staff is lodging.	Webcam LIVE Stargazing from Armazones.

Views from ALMA

The images are produced with a NEOS360 camera by Apical Technologies.

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Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST

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The webcam offers high-resolution views of the Chajnantor plateau, located at 5000 meters above sea level in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Here several antennas that take part of ALMA as well as APEX can be seen pointing to the sky.

Static panorama image

Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST

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This is how the Chajnantor plateau in Chile looks like now

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Static Points of Interest

Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE ALMA AOS Control Building.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Licancabur seen from the Chajnantor Plateau.
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE APEX.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE ALMA Antennas.
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Chajnantor Plateau.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE ALMA Antennas.
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Here you may be able to see one antenna.	Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Here you may be able to see another antenna.
Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:31 CEST Webcam | 20 Oct 2016 12:03 CEST LIVE Circular 4k fisheye image for planetarium use.

APEXcam LIVE

APEXCam LIVE.

La Silla Night Cam

Chile night time only! During the day the webcam shows the last frame before sunrise. The red letters indicate telescopes that are observing right now (T—the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, N— New Technology Telescope and D—the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope). Please, see more on La Silla - All Sky Camera.

REM webcams at La Silla

The webcam images of the Rapid Eye Mount (REM) telescope are refreshed every 10 minutes and are maintained by INAF. Please note that during night time these images will be completely dark.

REM from control room side	REM from workshop side
REM from North dome wall	REM outdoor looking North

Danish 1.54-metre telescope

All Sky camera near the Danish 1.54-metre telescope at La Silla. More information on this link