Map of CTA's Location at Paranal
ESCAPE logo
Raman fibre laser
Earth Rotation (Nepal, Himalayas)
The red giant star π1 Gruis in the constellation of Grus
ESO Live Video Streaming
CAN PAK, winner of the EUCYS special prize for astronomy and space physics, donated by ESO
DG Tim de Zeeuw
VLT observations of the light curve of TRAPPIST-1 during the triple transit of 11 December 2015
Green power comes to La Silla
Wide-field view of the sky around the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii
Netherlands Foreign Minister visits Paranal
Wide-field view of the sky around the red giant star L2 Puppis
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Image still from the planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe"
Workshop ESO in the 2020s
Cover of The Messenger No. 157
Merging galaxies in the distant Universe through a gravitational magnifying glass
The front of the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
Cover of The Messenger No. 156
Rick Astley during his visit to ESO Office in Santiago
Artist's impression of the Milky Way
Technology Division Office staff
La Residencia
Adaptive optics at the ESO 3.6-m telescope
Unpacking a VLT mirror after transportation
VLT mirror traveling by boat
Roundabout during VLT mirror transportation
REOSC managers during mirror transportation
Roundabout route
VLT mirror en route to REOSC
VLT mirror travelling by road
Slow but steady
Steady as she goes
Group photo of the REOSC team
Second meeting of the ESO Council at the Observatoire de Haute Provence
Toconao church
Early La Silla
The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer are shown the book "Voices from the Universe"
Massimo Tarenghi is awarded Chilean nationality by special grace
Plate copying machine at CERN
Two competitions for ESO's 50th anniversary
CCD calibrations
X-Shooter screen
La Silla painting
ESO@50 scientific workshop poster
The Danish 0.5-metre telescope at La Silla
Developing plates at the Sky Atlas Laboratory
Planets shepherding material into a narrow ring around Fomalhaut
Poster of Café & Kosmos 10 April 2012
Interview during VLT first light
Visit of the Chilean ambassador to Germany
VLT mirror shipped to Chile
Eclipse
ESO Virtual Tours 360°
The ESO Top 100 Images iPad App screenshot
A giant mirror cell for a giant mirror (1996)
Astronomy enthusiast Igor Chekalin from Russia
Screenshot of Virtual Tours v2.0
Raman fibre laser
Digitized Sky Survey image of the double star HD 87643
The APP optics
IPP site (obsolete)
ALMA work at the NRAO Technology Center
ALMA correlator Tunable Filter Bank prototype
ESO 3.6-metre telescope and TAROT at La Silla
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope
The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope
The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope
ESO workshop on 20 Years of Adaptive Optics
The VISTA telescope pier
GalileoMobile completes exciting journey
Arrival of the VISTA infrared camera
The VISTA Surveys
The 4.1 m diameter VISTA main mirror
The detectors inside the VISTA camera
Exhibition at the Deutsches Museum in Munich
OWL conference 2005
VLT M1 mirror
Science Day 2002
VLT M1 mirror
VLT M1 mirror
VLT M1 production at Schott
Science Day 2001
IVOA-meeting at the ESO Headquarters
Universe Awareness meeting May 2005
X-shooter ready for action
VLT M1 mirror cell
VLT 2nd Generation Instrumentation meeting
Rencontres du Ciel et de l'Espace 2002
PPARC visit October 2005
Rencontres du Ciel et de l'Espace 2002
VLT M1 mirror
Universe Awareness meeting May 2005
Rencontres du Ciel et de l'Espace 2002
Universe Awareness meeting May 2005
VLT M1 production at Schott
PPARC visit October 2005
VLT M1 mirror cell
VLT M1 mirror cell
OECD Astronomy Workshop December 2003
VLT M1 mirror
Science Day 2004
Polishing the VLT M1
VLT M1 mirror
OECD Astronomy Workshop December 2003
Science Day 2003
Science Day 2005
The OCam camera – A camera that outpaces twinkling stars
Measurements of HD 40307
Light-curve of GRB 060505
The European Extremely Large Telescope
Phase folded measurements of HD 69830
Observation techniques of the Baade-Wesselink method
AVO windows with obscured quasar image
Two-dimensional spectra of Abell 1835 IR1936
Spectra of some of the most distant galaxies known
Visual spectra of hypernova in GRB 030329
VLTI configuration for measurements of Achernar
Radial velocity curve of HD 47536
Spectrum of HII region -014+081 in NGC 4254
Sample integral field units at FLAMES
Stellar motions at the centre of NGC 1808
Acoustic spectrum of Alpha Centauri A
The shape of the filament
A VLT spectrum of EROS-BLG-2000-5
HD 80606: a giant planet in an extremely elongated orbit
Optical spectrum of brown dwarf TWA-5B
Lyman-alpha Forest at z~2.0 in quasar spectrum
CO emission spectra for Centaurus A
Spectrum of methane brown dwarf
i Horologii - radial velocity variations
Spectrum of stars in NGC 6822 and the Milky Way galaxy
Spectrum of arc in cluster 1ESO657-558 (z=3.23)
Photometric redshift of extremely red galaxy
Infrared spectrum of radio galaxy MRC 0406-244
A glimpse into the time before quasars were born
First spectrum of comet Hyakutake
Minor planet (4015) / comet Wilson–Harrington
First optical images of the "invisible" counter-jet in giant galaxy M87
The SS-433 system (artist's impression)
Band 2 receiver lens
Inauguration of the Paranal-Armazones photovoltaic plant
Mariya Lyubenova
ESO astronomer Mariya Lyubenova
Science liaison Mariya Lyubenova
The ELT Prefocal Station contract ceremony
Galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623 (uncropped)
ALMA recibe premio por su aporte al progreso del Chile
ESO Music Ambassador: Toomas Erm
Space Scoop comic contest
The barcode of the Sun
ESO Supernova site
ESO Supernova site
ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre second floor
Extra small telescopes
Café & Kosmos 12 November 2013
One small part of SPHERE
DT analysis at La Silla.
DT analysis at La Silla
DT analysis at La Silla
Echelle spectrograph with Bowens camera, 1968
Chile summit, 1963
Sleepless in Santiago
Breaking ground for La Silla
VLT first light press conference
VLT first light press conference
Presentations during VLT first light press conference
First electricity at La Silla
Cover of The Messenger No. 148
Storage hall
The Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) at the Arizona Radio Observatory
Red sky at night
La Silla clouds
Charcoalmakers
La Silla site, 1965
Mirror coating
Centaurus A
Technical group at site testing in South Africa
Darkroom at the Sky Atlas Laboratory
Processing photographic plates
The ESO 1-metre telescope around 1969
Swiss 0.4-metre telescope
Max Alexander taking photos of the staff at ESO's Paranal Observatory
ESO exhibition in 1973
La Silla inauguration
Brave New World in the Messenger
ALMA Santiago central office
Prince Philippe of Belgium
Building ESO 3.6-metre telescope
ESO 3.6-metre telescope manufacturing
ESO’s Telescope Division is the first ESO department to move into offices on the CERN premises in Geneva
José Joaquín Pérez
The 1-metre Schmidt telescope at La Silla
Farid Char
Yoga room at Paranal
ESO Council 122nd Meeting — group photo
ESO Photo Ambassador José Francisco Salgado
ESO Photo Ambassador Gerhard Hüdepohl
Serge Brunier
Space Scoop logo
Gianluca Lombardi
Workers constructing EVALSO
ALMA antenna model 03
ELT-ENC-S
ELT-ENC-L
ALMA-ANT
ESO Photo Ambassadors Network
Yuri Beletsky
High-energy jet in NGC 3862
EAGLE for the ELT
The inner coma of comet Hyakutake
Mars Rover prototype at the Museum of the Atacama Desert
The MEDEA medal
Cover of Black Holes press kit
Map of Garching
Detail of the terrain in the ALMA area
ALMA correlator Tunable Filter Bank prototype
ALMA Digitizer prototype undergoing testing
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
Assembly of the ESO 1-metre telescope
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
The arrival of the ESO 1-metre telescope
The VISTA mirror blank
The VISTA secondary mirror arriving at Paranal
The VISTA optical design in schematic form
