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Image Archive: La Silla


New Technology Telescope on La Silla	A collapsed Crane at the ESO 3.6-metre telescope Collapsing	X-Shooter	The Southern Part of La Silla

The primary mirror of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	Transport of the components of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	Loading the mirror of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	La Silla coating plant

Building the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	NTT enclosure	The 1-m Photometric Telescope	The NTT windscreen

Architect's view of the new NTT building on La Silla	The ESO 3.6-metre telescope Mirror	The Pelicano Camp	The ESO 1.52-metre Telescope

MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope	Icy road	The Hubble Space Telescope Flies Over South America	MPG/ESO 2.2-m with Wide Field Imager

Bavarian Prime Minister at La Silla	The Bavarian Prime Minister Inspects the Telescope	The Bavarian Prime Minister and Mrs. Karin Stoiber	The ESO 3.6-metre telescope construction

Flying above La Silla in 1970	Construction of the Schmidt Telescope	Construction of the GPO building at La Silla	ESO Observatories Topographic Route Map

Marseille 0.36-metre Telescope	La Silla Hotel	Telescope parts of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope arriving in Chile	Prof. Tim de Zeeuw visiting La Silla Observatory

The ESO 1.52-metre Telescope	The ESO 3.6-metre telescope Under Construction	Dome assembling operation of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope and the Coudé Auxiliary Telescope	Building the ESO 3.6-metre telescope

An early model of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	The ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at INNSE	La Silla Hotel	Telescopes at La Silla

Main structure of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	The ESO 1.52-metre telescope at La Silla	Building La Silla Observatory	A View of La Silla Observatory

Atop La Silla	Road to La Silla	The HARPS Spectrograph and the ESO 3.6-metre telescope	SEST at La Silla

The ESO 1.52-metre telescope and Chilicass	A View of La Silla Observatory in the 70s	Visiting the ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope	ESO 3.6-metre telescope roof-topping ceremony