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Image Archive: La Silla


Bochum 0.61-metre telescope	ESO 3.6-metre telescope from the CAT	The CAT dome being assembled	Construction of the Coudé Auxiliary Telescope

The radio hut at La Silla	The X-shooter instrument	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope

La Silla Observatory	Kapteyn mid-infrared photometer	The Kapteyn photometer	The ESO 1-metre telescope around 1969

The ESO 1-metre telescope	Hans-Emil Schuster and Sonya	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope

Assembly of the ESO 1-metre telescope	The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope	HAWK-I Integration	HAWK-I Integration

HAWK-I	HAWK-I Integration	HAWK-I Integration	HAWK-I Integration

Telescope controls	Workers at La Silla site during construction	Preparing explosives during La Silla construction	Danish 0.5-metre telescope

In the observer's seat of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope	Photometer on the ESO 1-metre Telescope	The La Silla aluminising plant in 1969

La Silla Post Stamp in Chile	A. Behr	ESO 3.6-metre Telescope model	Three telescopes at La Silla

First light for the Grand Prisme Objectif telescope	Dedication ceremony for the road to the summit of La Silla.	Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope	The ESO 1-metre telescope at La Silla

The ESO 1-metre telescope arrival	The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope	The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope	Season's Greetings!

La Silla rocks	The Coudé spectrograph	Uphill at La Silla	ESO 3.6-metre telescope

La Silla hotel	Transporting the ESO 3.6-metre telescope's mirror	The ESO 1.52-metre telescope, circa 1969	Construction of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope dome