European Southern Observatory - Gallery

Gallery

These selected images are from ESO Top 100 Images list.

  • VISTA's infrared view of the Orion Nebula

  • The Helix Nebula

  • The Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

  • A 340-million pixel starscape from Paranal

  • NGC 2264 and the Christmas Tree cluster

  • The Centre of the Milky Way

  • NGC 2467 and Surroundings

  • The Horsehead Nebula

  • Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion

  • Panoramic view of the WR 22 and Eta Carinae regions of the Carina Nebula

  • The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula

  • Early morning on Paranal

  • The future ALMA array on Chajnantor (artist's rendering)

  • Rare 360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky

  • 370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula

  • The Milky Way panorama

  • The Omega Nebula

  • Centaurus A

  • Glowing Stellar Nurseries

  • The R Coronae Australis region imaged with the Wide Field Imager at La Silla

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