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European Southern Observatory

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1962 and supported by 16 member states and host country Chile. ESO designs, builds, and operates some of the world's most advanced ground-based astronomical observatories—such as La Silla, Paranal (home to the Very Large Telescope and other survey instruments), and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)—and is currently constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).

Source: eso.org

APODs including "European Southern Observatory"

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

24/06/2025

ELT and the Milky Way

ELT and the Milky Way

16/03/2024

Milky Way Rising

Milky Way Rising

01/12/2023

Interstellar Comet 2I Borisov

Interstellar Comet 2I Borisov

05/03/2022

GW Orionis: A Star System with Tilted Rings

GW Orionis: A Star System with Tilted Rings
Video

29/09/2020

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

04/08/2020

The Changing Surface of Fading Betelgeuse

The Changing Surface of Fading Betelgeuse

17/02/2020

Messier 61 Close Up

Messier 61 Close Up

28/08/2019

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

29/06/2019

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

17/08/2017

Milky Way with Airglow Australis

Milky Way with Airglow Australis

03/02/2017

IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula

IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula

09/12/2016

The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK-I

The Orion Nebula in Infrared from HAWK-I

18/07/2016

Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star

Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star

18/01/2016

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

08/10/2015

3D Homunculus Nebula

3D Homunculus Nebula

17/07/2014

A Milky Way Dawn

A Milky Way Dawn

29/03/2014

M83 Star Streams

M83 Star Streams

17/01/2014

M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

05/09/2013

The Gegenschein Over Chile

The Gegenschein Over Chile

02/12/2012

Orion Nebula: The Hubble View

Orion Nebula: The Hubble View

15/07/2012

The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope

The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope

31/01/2012

Caught in the Afterglow

Caught in the Afterglow

24/11/2011

The Snows of Paranal

The Snows of Paranal

11/08/2011

Star Factory Messier 17

Star Factory Messier 17

30/06/2011

Stardust and Betelgeuse

Stardust and Betelgeuse

28/06/2011

Hidden Treasures of M78

Hidden Treasures of M78

27/01/2011

A Giant Planet for Beta Pic

A Giant Planet for Beta Pic

03/07/2010

Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula

Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula

18/05/2010

Around the World in 80 Telescopes

Around the World in 80 Telescopes

03/04/2009