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La Silla observatory

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: o-sia02-00057

Image Size 300 DPI: 121 * 51 cm

Evening twilight over La Silla Observatory, operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), it sits at about 2400 metres above sea level on the outskirts of the Chilean Atacama Desert. La Silla was ESOs first observatory, inaugurated in 1969. The moon shines next to Jupiter. On the right is the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT). This telescope housing was considered a technological breakthrough when completed in 1989.

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2014 - ASTRONOMY - CHILE - DOME - JUPITER - LA SILLA - MOON - NIGHT - NTT - OBSERVATORY - PANORAMA - PLANET - POSTER - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STARRY SKY - TWILIGHT -