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| Construíndo o Paranal | Construíndo o VLT | Construíndo a plataforma | Construíndo a paisagem desértica |
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| Ajustando um modelo em LEGO® de um dos Telescópios Principais do VLT | Trabalho de equipa para construir o VLT | "From Earth to the Universe" — Chinese Starmap | A abertura da cúpula do E-ELT |
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| Vista de pormenor do E-ELT na sua cúpula | O European Extremely Large Telescope | Vista de pormenor do E-ELT na sua cúpula | Aproximação à galáxia anã WLM |
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| Excerto do ESOcast 82 | Impressão artística do mais quente e mais massivo binário de estrelas em contacto | Aproximação à Medusa | Aproximação à invulgar estrela binária V471 Tauri |
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| Aproximação à invulgar nebulosa planetária Henize 2-428 | Impressão artística de duas estrelas anãs brancas que irão fundir-se e dar origem a uma supernova do Tipo Ia | Zoom na direção do enxame estelar Messier 47 | Zoom em direção à galáxia ESO 137-001 |
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| Zoom na direção do enxame aberto Messier 11 | Panorâmica do enxame aberto Messier 11 | Fusão entre duas galáxias (impressão artística) | Zoom em direção ao colorido enxame estelar NGC 3590 |
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| Zoom em direção à região de formação estelar Gum 41 | Zoom em direção à nebulosa planetária Abell 33 | Panorâmica da nebulosa planetária Abell 33 | Impressão artística do sistema de anéis em torno do asteróide Chariklo |
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| O MUSE observa a Nebulosa de Orion | Zoom em direção à anã castanha próxima Luhman 16B | Um olhar mais de perto ao enxame estelar NGC 3572 e seus arredores | A Fish-eye time-lapse on La Silla (1) |
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| Fluxo de matéria lançado pela galáxia activa NGC 3783 (impressão artística) | Trailer for Eyes on the Skies | Zoom na direção de um binário de eclipse | Impressão artística de um binário de eclipse |
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| Zoom na direção das asas da Nebulosa da Gaivota | Panorâmica da nuvem escura Lupus 3 e das estrelas quentes jovens associadas à nuvem | Trailer for APLF planetarium show on water in the cosmos (English version) | Flying over the Chajnantor plateau (artist's impression) |
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| Flying over the Chajnantor plateau (artist's impression) | VLT Auxiliary Telescopes time-lapse | European ALMA antenna brings total on Chajnantor to 16 | Zooming in on the most distant quasar found so far |
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| Correlator | Correlator | Correlator | Correlator |
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| Correlator | Correlator | ESO Movie 20: Physics on Stage 2 | La Silla NTT (part 1) |
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| The New Technology Telescope (NTT) — 1 | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 4 | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) – 4 | ESO 3.6-metre telescope dome |
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| La Silla general view — 5 | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 8 | The NTT mirror | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) — 5 |
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| Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope — 2 | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 9 | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) — 6 | La Silla NTT (part 2) |
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| Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 3 | The HARPS instrument — 3 | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 2 |
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| La Silla general view — 1 | The NTT and the ESO 3.6-metre telescope | ESO 3.6-metre telescope | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 7 |
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| The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 1 | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 5 | The control room for the La Silla telescopes — 6 | La Silla general view — 2 |
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| Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope — 5 | The HARPS instrument — 2 | La Silla general view — 3 | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) — 2 |
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| La Silla general view — 4 | The HARPS instrument — 1 | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) — 3 | Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope — 3 |
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| Zoom-in on Gliese 581 e | Artist's impression of Gliese 581 e | Artist’s impression of Gliese 581 d | The radial velocity method |
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| Zooming into NGC 253 | The Very Large Telescope trailer 2008 | Light echoes in RS Pup | Flashes of light from disappearing matter |
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| Space Opera planetarium show trailer | Hydrogen to helium fusion in a star | Animação da teia do buraco negro supermassivo | Panorâmica sobre a N180B |
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