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ESO operates three major optical and near infrared telescopes at the La Silla site: the New Technology Telescope (NTT), the 3.6-m ESO Telescope, and the 2.2-m Max-Planck-ESO Telescope (MPG/ESO Telescope). In addition La Silla hosts several other national and project telescopes such as the ESO 1-metre
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There are three types of petroglyph designs at La Silla: human and animal figures, abstract geometrical designs and purely ornamental ensembles. Beside the petroglyphs there exists also a stone circle near La Silla, which is suggested as an astronomical tool. Three rocks aligned during the El Molle
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This 3.6 m Cassegrain telescope started operations in 1976 and has been constantly upgraded since, including the installation of a new secondary mirror that has kept the telescope in its place as one of the most efficient and productive engines of astronomical research. The telescope hosts
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This picture shows two of the three new ExTrA telescopes hosted at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. Situated over 2000 meters above sea level, these telescopes scour the skies for Earth-sized worlds around M class stars, which are stars smaller than the
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Schmidt Telescope, the 1.54-m Danish Telescope, the 1.2-m Leonhard Euler Telescope, the Rapid Eye Mount telescope, TRAPPIST and TAROT. These telescopes are not operated by ESO and hence do not fall under the responsibility of La Silla Science Operations.
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Following the decision in 1963 to approve Chile as the site for the ESO observatory, scouting parties were sent to various locations to assess their suitability. The site that was decided upon was La Silla in the southern part of the
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and covers about sixteen square degrees. This enables the remotely controlled project telescope to observe about a third of the night sky every four days. The La Silla–QUEST survey with the Schmidt telescope corresponds to the
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About 300 scientific papers based on observations taken at La Silla are published each year. The HARPS spectrograph has found a large number of low-mass extrasolar planets. It detected the planets within the
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or MPG). Telescope time is shared between MPG and ESO observing programmes, while the operation and maintenance of the telescope are ESO's responsibility. However, due to a new agreement between the
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La Silla also hosts several national and project telescopes not operated by ESO. Among them are the Swiss Euler Telescope, the Danish National Telescope and the REM, TRAPPIST and TAROT telescopes.
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The delicate central spiral symbolizes a serpent while the rest of the space is taken up by strange little figures, together with some simple geometric motifs and quadrupeds.
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This remarkable photo shows the ESO La Silla observatory in the foreground with the planets Venus and Jupiter low in the sky and the Milky Way drifting behind them.
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mount, and the optics are a Ritchey-Chrétien design. Because of the telescope's mount and limited space inside the dome, it has significant pointing restrictions.
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of the sky—equivalent to about the area of 64 full Moons. Commissioned in 1971, it was one of the first telescopes operational at La Silla and was still using
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was commissioned. The Swiss T70 was a Cassegrain reflector design mounted on an Equatorial fork mount. It was equipped with a P7 Photometer, and replaced the
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position to the astronomical community. Data from the TAROT telescope is also useful in studying the evolution of GRBs, the physics of a
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The 2.2-metre telescope has been in operation at La Silla since early 1984, and is on indefinite loan to ESO from the
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This time-lapse video taken at ESO's La Silla site shows the stars revolving around the south celestial pole.
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Timelapse: stars rise over La Silla and its vast number of telescopes spring into action (in ultra HD)
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Time-lapse sequence of the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla during a night of observation
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This sequence shows the night sky at ESO's La Silla Observatory during a night of observing.
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at the time. These plates later confirmed the rediscovery of long-lost asteroids such as
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On 25 March 1969, the ESO site at La Silla was finally formally inaugurated by President
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spectrograph to conduct high-precision radial velocity measurements, also known as the
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This time-lapse sequence shows ESO's La Silla Observatory, looking towards the south.
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that was carried out in the Northern Hemisphere and led to the discovery of several
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enclosure in winter time and (#3) the dome of the "Great Dane" at night; (#4) the
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In 2009, the telescope was dedicated to the LaSilla–Quest Variability Survey, by
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This sequence shows a night of observing at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.
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This sequence shows a night of observing at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.
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in the southern celestial hemisphere. Its first discovery was a planet orbiting
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The La Silla telescopes and instruments are located 150 km northeast of
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Bernardi, Gabriella; Vecchiato, Alberto; Bucciarelli, Beatrice (July 2012).
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give the excellent image quality of the NTT. The NTT has active instead of
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Stars rotate around the southern celestial pole during a night at La Silla
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Another ESO site with archaeological testimonies in its vicinity is the
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ESO 0.5-metre telescope (now at the Observatorio UC in Santiago, Chile)
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station saw first light in July 2017. Built and operated by the Dutch
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Timelapse at La Silla: star trails form and bend towards the horizon
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and Geneva Observatory. The 0.60-metre telescope is specialized in
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that had a first light in 1980. It was retired in 1998, when the
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and has been in use at La Silla since 1979. The telescope has an
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Yales's 160-megapixel QUEST camera consists of a mosaic of 112
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Hsieh, Henry H.; Jewitt, David C.;Fernández, Yanga R. (2004).
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A timelapse of a unique cloudscape over La Silla at sunset
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La Silla under construction in June 1968. In front is the
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La Silla Observatory blanketed in snow as the Sun sets.
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The following telescopes have now been decommissioned:
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opened in 1998, followed by a 1.2-metre telescope from
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and its surrounding material. It is operated from the
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Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires
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Coudé Auxiliary 1.47-m Telescope (CAT), adjacent to
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Coquimbo Region
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