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| Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope (part 5) | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 4) | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 8) | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 11) |
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| Foundations for the VLT | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 10) | ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope (part 7) | The Horsehead Nebula |
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| Zooming in on the kilonova in NGC 4993 | Interviews with Pale Red Dot scientists | Artist's impression of gravitational lensing of a distant merger | Panning across the galaxies NGC 1316 and 1317 |
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| MUSE — close up of the H-alpha line in the strange galaxy NGC 4650A | A trip around the Moon | Zooming in on a new infrared view of the Carina Nebula | The vampire double star SS Leporis |
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| Pan across Abell 2744, Pandora’s Cluster | ESO Movie 13: Polished Perfection | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 16) | Life at La Silla (part 1) |
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| The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 21) | Cerro Las Vizcachas (part 1) | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 19) | Life at La Silla (part 2) |
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| The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 14) | Cerro Las Vizcachas (part 3) | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 17) | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 20) |
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| The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 18) | Cerro Las Vizcachas (part 2) | Artist’s impression of the Black Hole at the heart of M87 | Zooming in on a neutron star in the Small Magellanic Cloud |
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| Animation of spectra of kilonova in NGC 4993 | Neutron star merger seen in gravity and matter | Localization of source | Zooming in on the Cat’s Paw and Lobster Nebulae |
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| The sky over Peru | Sundial | Machu Picchu | Artist’s impression of a transitional disc around a young star |
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| Artist’s impression of a transitional disc around a young star | Mysterious ripples moving through the disc of AU Microscopii | MUSE view of the Hubble Deep Field South | MUSE — running through the 3D data of NGC 4650A |
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| MUSE views the unusual galaxy NGC 4650A | MUSE views the unusual galaxy NGC 4650A | Zooming in on the bright star cluster Messier 7 | Zooming in on the star formation region NGC 2035 |
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| Artist's impression of the Gliese 667C system | Artist's impression of the Gliese 667C system | KMOS on the Very Large Telescope (part 1) | KMOS on the Very Large Telescope (part 2) |
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| KMOS on the Very Large Telescope (part 3) | KMOS on the Very Large Telescope (part 4) | KMOS on the Very Large Telescope (part 5) | KMOS on the Very Large Telescope (part 6) |
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| Model of the evolution of the material around the old star R Sculptoris over 2000 years | ESO Movie 12: The ESO 16-m VLT - The World's Largest Telescope | Panning across NGC 3603 | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 12) |
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| Life at La Silla (part 3) | Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope (part 4) | Life at La Silla (part 5) | Paranal aerial view1996c |
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| Paranal aerial view1995c | Paranal aerial view1996b | Paranal aerial view 1997d | Paranal aerial view1997c |
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| Paranal aerial view 1996a | Transporting the VLT mirror — 1993 — clip 2 | VLT M1 acceptance testing 1995 - 4 | Transporting the VLT mirror — 1993 — clip 1 |
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| Paranal aerial view1998c | Transporting the VLT mirror — France 1993 — clip 4 | Paranal aerial view 1998d | La Silla history 1992 (part 5) |
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| VLT — ISAAC — 1996 — 1 | Paranal aerial view 1991 a | La Silla history 1992 (part 17) | VLT — ISAAC — 1998 — 1 |
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| VLT structure | Paranal aerial view 1991b | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 1) | La Silla history 1992 (part 3) |
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| Paranal aerial view 1997a | Paranal aerial view 1997b | VLT M1acceptance test 1995 — 3 | The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 3) |
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| Paranal aerial view | Distant view of Paranal | Paranal aerial view1994a | VLT – ISAAC — 1996 — 2 |
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| Paranal aerial view1998a | ESO 3.6-metre telescope in 1992 (part 8) | Paranal aerial view 1998b | Paranal aerial view1998g |
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| The New Technology Telescope (NTT) (part 2) | Paranal aerial view1995b | Paranal aerial view 1997f | La Silla history 1992 (part 2) |
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