
An aerial view of the Paranal Observatory in Chile

ESO Highlights in 2008

Circinus Galaxy before and after SN 1996cr appeared

The Cepheid Star RS Pup

HAWK-I at Paranal

The HAWK-I Instrument at the VLT

The Radial Velocity Method (artistòÀÙs impression)

Working at 5,000 metres

Asteroid 2000 PH5

The Large Magellanic Cloud before and after SN1987A

A Ring Around SN1987A

The Principle of Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS)

NGC 1068 and the Region resolved by VLTI-MIDI

Sky Field in Ophiuchus

Head of Column No. 4 in Eagle Nebula

Bok Globule B68

Unwrapping a VLT mirror

The Dark Cloud B68 at Different Wavelengths

2-D Spectrum of Distant Galaxy with Lyman-alpha Emission

Artistic Impression of NGC 6712 Losing Stars into the Milky Way Halo

From the Big Bang to the Present

UVES spectrum of the Sun

Open Cluster in NGC 330 in SMC

FORS1 at the VLT UT1: First Spectra

Southern Milky Way over La Silla

Planet (3933) Portugal

Light echo from Supernova 1987A

Artist's impression of the galaxy W2246-0526

VLT's Laser Guide Star

La Silla's pride and joy

ALMA beneath the stars

APEX on snowy Chajnantor

Milky Way above La Silla

Stars above powered Paranal

VLT Paranal panorama

Majestic Milky Way

Construction continues at the ALMA Residencia

7-metre ACA Antennas

Clouds over Cerro Paranal

Armazones and an Auxiliary Telescope

Blood Moon

Guanacos enjoying a vista

Guanacos crossing the road

Guanacos visit La Silla

A bounding Guanaco

View through ALMA

Receiving bolts from the blue

ALMA and the deep blue sky

Artist impression of the protoplanetary disc surrounding the young star MWC 480

The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) at Paranal