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Picture of two of the optical telescopes on the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with consists of four optical telescopes and four movable...

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Picture taken after sunset at the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with its four optical telescopes and four movable auxiliary telescopes, at...

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The Last Rays Of The Sun Illuminate Part Of The Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The...

The Last Rays Of The Sun Illuminate Part Of The Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2.

September 2025, Bavaria, Garching: The visitor center of the European Southern Observatory . During a visit, the Federal President found out how work...

Steinmeier visits the European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Photo taken on September 2, 2025 shows the headquarters of the European Southern Observatory in Garching, southern Germany.

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Picture of one of the optical telescopes on the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with consists of four optical telescopes and four movable...

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General view of the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with its four optical telescopes and four movable auxiliary telescopes, at the European...

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Picture of one of the optical telescopes on the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with consists of four optical telescopes and four movable...

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Aerial view of the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with its four optical telescopes and four movable auxiliary telescopes, at the European...

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Chilean astronomers work at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory, on Paranal Hill in Chile's Antofagasta Region, in the Atacama...

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Chilean astronomers work at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory, on Paranal Hill in Chile's Antofagasta Region, in the Atacama...

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Picture taken at sunset at the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with its four optical telescopes and four movable auxiliary telescopes, at the...

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Solar eclipse as seen from the La Silla European Southern Observatory in La Higuera, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on July 02, 2019. - Tens of thousands of...

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Picture taken at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla facility in La Higuera, Coquimbo Region, about 600 km north of Santiago in the depths...

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Picture of the 15-metre Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla facility in La Higuera, Coquimbo Region,...

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One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Auxiliary Telescope, Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2 & Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By...

Auxiliary Telescope, Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2 & Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3.

Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2, Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3 & Venus Unit Telescope 4 Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated...

Sun Unit Telescope 1, Moon Unit Telescope 2, Southern Cross Unit Telescope 3 & Venus Unit Telescope 4.

Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The European Southern Observatory On Cerro Paranal,...

Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2.

The Last Rays Of The Sun Illuminate Part Of The Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The...

The Last Rays Of The Sun Illuminate Part Of The Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2.

Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The European Southern Observatory On Cerro Paranal,...

Mechanical Structure Of Moon Unit Telescope 2.

Auxiliary Telescopes, Sun Unit Telescope 1 & Moon Unit Telescope 2, Belonging To The Very Large Telescope Operated By The European Southern...

Auxiliary Telescopes, Sun Unit Telescope 1 & Moon Unit Telescope 2.

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ALMA Observatory, Atacama desert, Chile

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Orion Nebula, composite image

Workers work on the construction of the new ELT telescope, with a 39-metre main mirror, on Cerro Armazones , near the European Southern Observatory's...

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This VLT near-infrared image of the planet Uranus and several of its moons was taken by the European Southern Observatory Paranal Observatory in...

FILE PHOTO Rings Of The Planet Uranus Photographed In Near-Infrared

Picture of one of the optical telescopes on the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with consists of four optical telescopes and four movable...

CHILE-ESO-ASTRONOMY-PARANAL-OBSERVATORY-TELESCOPE

Chilean astronomer Luis Chavarria looks at one of the optical telescopes on the platform of the Very Large Telescope , with its four optical...

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Night sky over Tamblingan Lake

Le Very Large Telescope est le plus grand télescope optique du monde et situé à 2635 mètres d'altitude. Il est conçu par le European Southern...

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One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

The four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among others,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope as the sun sets over the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Two of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope after sunset over the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Three of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope after sunset over the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Three of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope after sunset over the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Sign reads: Silence, Astronomers sleeping, in front of containers at the area of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Street leads to the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among others, four 8,2...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Containers used as housing area for the astronomers of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Satellite antenna for direct communication between ESO headquarters in Garmisch, near Munich and the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

The four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope as the sun rises over the Atacama desert on October 27 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Three of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope as the sun sets over the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

The four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope as the sun rises over the Atacama desert on October 27 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

The four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among others,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Two of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

The four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among others,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Worker cleans the floor at one of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT...

CHL: VLT Observatory

The four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope work as the sun sets over the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Frederic Derie, head of the Interferometry tunnel of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert, adjust instruments on October 26 in Paranal,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Engeeers and Technicians work in the Interferometry tunnel of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert, adjust instruments on October 26 in...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Astronomer Johan Fynbo from Denmark, and Vanessa Doublier, from France, in the control centre of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Satellite antenna for direct communication between ESO headquarters in Garmisch, near Munich and the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert,...

CHL: VLT Observatory

One of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT Observatory comprises, among...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Two of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope work under the starry sky of the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT...

CHL: VLT Observatory

Two of the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope work under the starry sky of the Atacama desert on October 26 in Paranal, Chile. The VLT...

CHL: VLT Observatory