La Silla Observatory

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European Southern Observatory

The 3.6-metre (142-inch) telescope at La Silla Observatory, part of the European Southern Observatory. The Milky Way Galaxy is seen in the sky.

Otto Heckmann at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) one-metre Schmidt telescope at La Silla, Chile, 1971.

European Southern Observatory's Swiss 1.2-metre (47-inch) Leonhard Euler Telescope, La Silla Observatory, Chile.

La Silla Observatory

observatory, Chile

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…at three sites in Chile—the La Silla Observatory, located about 600 km (370 miles) north of Santiago at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 feet), the Very Large Telescope (Paranal Observatory) on Paranal, a 2,600-metre- (8,600-foot-) high mountain about 130 km (80 miles) south of Antofagasta, and the Atacama Large…
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…at three sites in Chile—the La Silla Observatory, located about 600 km (370 miles) north of Santiago at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 feet), the Very Large Telescope (Paranal Observatory) on Paranal, a 2,600-metre- (8,600-foot-) high mountain about 130 km (80 miles) south of Antofagasta, and the Atacama Large…
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