Paranal Observatory - Gallery

Gallery

  • Main entrance of the Paranal Observatory.

  • Paranal Observatory including the basecamp and the Residencia.

  • Aerial view

  • Paranal platform

  • Instruments

  • The platform as night sets

  • Observing the center of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT)

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