Wallpapers


VST’s view of the Leo Triplet and beyond	The brilliant star VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud	On Top of the World	Echinopsis Atacamensis and the Milky Way

HAWK-I Instrument Spies a Super Galaxy	Sunrise at Paranal	The Desert around VISTA	VLT Unit Telescope at Paranal

SEST at La Silla from a Distance	Dying Star Puffs a Cosmic Dragon	Recoating Yepun's mirror	UT1 and ATs

ALMA on the Chajnantor Plains	Sunrise on Chajnantor	Chajnantor	La Silla Observatory

The Southern Pinwheel	Gone with the Wind	The Greater Dog from Paranal	ALMA Antennas at Sunset

Comet West, 1976	VLT Laser Guide Star	Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232	Black hole zapping a galaxy into existence

A Trio of Super-Earths (artist's impression)	Nebula in Serpens	The VLT and VISTA *	Filaments in the Tarantula Nebula

A Dusty Beauty	N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (Central Region)	Detail of Star-forming Region RCW 108 in Ara	VLT image of exoplanet HD 95086 b

Wings for Science Fly Over ALMA	ALMA Pinpoints Early Galaxies	Laser Guide Star Trails	APEX's Icy Companions

Close-up view of NGC 6357	Cerro Armazones at dawn	La Silla and surroundings	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Artist’s impression of the dwarf planet Eris	The E-ELT on Cerro Armazones (artist's impression)	The AEM antenna 2	Hidden Treasure on Our Doorstep

Panoramic View from Paranal	The Glow of the Lagoon Nebula	GJ1214b (Artist’s impression)	The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

ALMA test site in New Mexico, USA	ALMA Antenna	VLT Unit Telescopes	Laser Beam Creating an “Artificial” Star