Henri M.J. Boffin
The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit
Our Place in Space logo
Art installation of Our Place in Space in Chiavenna
Afiche Ciencia FEST: Sumérgete en el festival oceánico
The back of the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
Participants of conference
The new planetarium and visitor centre at ESO Headquarters
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer
Deformable secondary mirror transport box
QUEST camera
Deformable secondary mirror
Building the ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Gravity sensor
At the VLT control room
La Silla explorations
Map of South Africa
UVES
La Serena street scene
Bosker and Edward
ESO HQ upgrade project
HQ extension
VLT in the modern era
REOSC reception
VLT presentation to industry
Map of ESO's Member States
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope
Blasting rocks for La Silla
HST STS-61 press conference
Equipment at Rockdale Mountain
Equipment at Flathill
Living near the Table Mountain
The car wash after work
The VLT at Paranal Observatory
Universum für Alle: new book showcases ESO images
Artist’s impression of Orion KL
Artist’s impression of the E-ELT
Joe Liske (Dr. J)
Second meeting of the ESO Council
Architectural model
Dr. Dominique Proust
Stargazing in the desert
Desert bloom
Exposure controller in the Sky Atlas Laboratory
Ten years of VLTI
Screenshot of ESO virtual tours 360° at the Chajnantor plateau over the Licancabur Volcano
The winner of a contest organised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung visits Paranal
Cerro Paranal - the exceptional site for the VLT (1991)
Brazil to join the European Southern Observatory
Mysterious GEMINGA on the move
The asymetric shape of the coma of comet Hyakutake
ELT size (artist's impression)
Paranal highlights
Ten years of VLTI
Cryostat
X-SHOOTER handling tool
X-SHOOTER handling tool
Astronet logo
Uranium in the spectrum of an old star
Change in the rotation of 2000 PH5
ESFRI report 2006
Radial velocities of SWEEPS-04 (UVES/VLT)
Average spectra of distant galaxies
ALMA logo
Emission from the terrestrial atmosphere
Observed brightness variation of OGLE-TR-3
Spectrum of the distant galaxy MS 1512-cB58
"Joint" Stellar light-spot
"Visibility Curve" of the star Psi Phoenicis
Finding chart for very young brown dwarfs in the Orion Nebula
The light-curve of microlensing event EROS-BLG-2000-5
Metals in Sagittarius dwarf galaxy
Map of the obscuration in the dark cloud B68
Starforming galaxy at redshift 0.62
Image quality of the VLT
Light curve of AKO 9 in 47 Tucanae
Young astronomers observe with ESO telescopes
Minor planet 1992 AD
Images of Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter
Raising the Chilean flag during La Silla opening ceremony
Artist's impression of the Gaia-ESO Survey
ESO participates in Germany’s Girls’ Day activities
Julien Milli
Tania Johnston
Hubble observes first kilonova
Winner of 2016 De Zeeuw-Van Dishoeck Graduation Prize for Astronomy announced
The front of the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
ESO on social media
Bonfire at APEX/Sequitor
ESO Director General visits the Optical Ground Station at Teide Observatory (Tenerife)
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer
Minister Heubisch and Tim de Zeeuw
ehpa-8-farewell-jb-2
Almost there
Inaugural observations with the VLT
REOSC contract signing
Contract signing between ESO and Interbeton
Contract signing between ESO and Interbeton
Contract signing between ESO and Interbeton
Explosives
Controlled explosion during construction at La Silla
Keep back
Catch a Star 2007 winners visit Paranal
La Silla of the future...?
The first aid hut of Camp Pelicano
Camp Pelicano at La Silla
La Silla hotel
Site testing, Namibia
Vitacura, 1968
Worker signaling during La Silla construction
Inauguration of the road to La Silla observatory
The road to La Silla observatory the day of its inauguration
The long and winding road to La Silla observatory
The Pelicano Camp, the entrance to the La Silla observatory.
Building the Pelicano Camp
Memories from the construction of the Pelicano Camp and La Silla observatory
ALMA antennas in the distance
Constructing La Silla observatory and the Pelicano Camp
General view of the Pelicano Camp, the entrance to La Silla
La Silla observatory under construction
La Silla observatory under construction
La Silla observatory under construction
La Silla observatory under construction
Staff accommodation at La Silla in the 1960s
Constrion of La Silla observatory
The NTT, cover of the Sky & Telescope Magazine in September 1989
Site testing on La Silla observatory
VLT Venice conference group picture
Paranal in 1987
Surroundings of San Pedro de Atacama
Jerez ravine
Users' room in ESO HQ
Future astronomers during lunch break
Future astronomers
Future astronomers in the laboratory
Future astronomers of Europe
Young astronomers at La Silla
Future astronomers
HST STS-61 press conference opening
Claude Nicollier talks in HST STS-61 press conference
ESO HQ from the air in the 1980s
1962 at the Zeekoegat Station
Danjon telescope at the Zeekoegat Station
Small telescopes of La Silla
La Silla by air, 1966
Close-up of the hotel site during construction.
La Silla hotel plan
Taking notes inside the Rondavel
Setting up the equipment
Living at Zeekoegat
Settling in at Zeekoegat
Sunset or sunrise?
Once upon a time
Checking equipment
Equipment at Rockdale Mountain
At Rockdale Mountain
Equipment at Rockdale Mountain
Equipment at Rockdale Mountain
Crewmembers at Flathill observing site
Housing for La Silla workers
Living near the Table Mountain
Site testing in South Africa
Staff housing on Klaverlei Farm
Dramatic sky above the Table Mountain
The road to Klaverlei in a fog
At Flathill observing site
At Flathill observing site
ALMA compact array
Site testing in the 1960s
Doornenbal site test
Canadian TV visits Paranal
Dry as a desert
Staff quarters
Finance Committee visit
Reinhard Genzel, recipient of the 2012 Tycho Brahe Prize
Daniel Enard working on the site testing at Cerro Armazones
Car accident near La Silla
View of Cerro Armazones from Paranal
Otto Heckmann during an IAU meeting
Künstlerische Darstellung des E-ELT-Hauptspiegelmodells
Screenshot of ESO virtual tours 360° for the Milky Way Tour
Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2011 (CAP 2011)
Supernova 1994D in the galaxy NGC 4526
ALMA Chajnantor plateau model 04
ALMA Chajnantor plateau model 03
ALMA Chajnantor plateau model 02
ALMA Chajnantor plateau model 01
ALMA antenna model 04
ALMA antenna model 02
VLT-PAR-240V
OPTIMOS-EVE study team and study final review board
OPTIMOS-DIORAMAS study team and study final review board
Profile shot of X-shooter
VLT mirror coating plant
VLT mirror coating plant
VLT fibre positioner
VLT mirror coating plant
Construction crane on the VLT platform
X-shooter
VLTI siderostat
Light-curve of GRB 060614
CN (388 nm) spectrum of comet Tempel 1
Spectrum of the extremely distant galaxy z6VDF J022803-041618
Intracluster nebulae in Virgo cluster of galaxies
Oscillation frequencies in the giant star xi Hya
Interferometric fringes from the star Achernar
Coronal Fe XIII emission line in CN Leonis
Recoating Yepun's mirror
Metals in DLA system at z=3.39
NN Ser spectrum during total eclipse
NN Ser light curve around total eclipse
Spectrum of distant galaxy EIS 107
The 304 A He + absorption line in the spectrum of quasar HE 2347-4342
