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Tel 7

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Tel 6

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Tel 5

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Panorama of Sunset on Paranal

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:40:22 +0000

Magnificent sunset view on the telescopes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory on Cerro Paranal, marking the beginning of the frantic activity of the astronomers observing the night sky.

Credit:

ESO/Y. Beletsky

ALMA antennas at OSF

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:39:02 +0000

Four large antennas for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) thrust to the sky at the Operations Support Facility (OSF), 2900 m above sea level. ALMA is the largest ground-based astronomy project in existence, and will be comprised of a giant array of fifty 12-m submillimetre quality antennas, with baselines of up to 16 kilometres. An additional, compact array of 7-m and 12-m antennas will complement the main array. Construction of ALMA started in 2003 and will be completed around 2012. The ALMA project is an international collaboration between Europe, East Asia and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

Credit:

Iztok Bončina/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Cerro Paranal and Cerro Armazones in Chile

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:37:09 +0000

This aerial view shows beautifully the Chilean Atacama Desert around the ESO Paranal Observatory, home to the Very Large Telescope (seen at the bottom right). Close to the VLT, one can see the dome of the VISTA survey telescope, and to the right, the Paranal Residence and basecamp. The high peak in the distance is the 6739-metre high volcano belonging to the Andes, Llullaillaco. Also in the image, to the middle left, one can see an isolated peak with a curvy road leading to its summit. This is Cerro Armazones, the selected home for the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).

Credit:

ESO/M. Tarenghi

ALMA antenna at OSF

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:35:07 +0000

One of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antennas at the Operation Support Facility in the Chilean Andes, 2900 m above sea level. ALMA is the largest ground-based astronomy project in existence, and will be comprised of a giant array of 12-m submillimetre quality antennas, with baselines of several kilometres. An additional, compact array of 7-m and 12-m antennas will complement the main array. Construction of ALMA started in 2003 and will be completed in 2012. The ALMA project is an international collaboration between Europe, East Asia and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

Credit:

ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)