ESO Hotel
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ESO Hotel at Cerro Paranal is the accommodation for Paranal Observatory in Chile since 2002. It is mainly used for the ESO scientists and engineers who work there on a roster system. It is also used b
Southwest facade of the hotel at dusk
Star trails over the remote ESO Hotel (Paranal Residencia) in Chile
The Residencia under construction at the end of 2000.
The ESO Hotel in 2012.
Very Large Telescope
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The Very Large Telescope is an astronomical facility operated since 1998 by the European Southern Observatory, located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It consists of four ind
ESO Hotel
…2005. In 2004 it won the new and overall LEAF Awards. Operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an organization based in Munich, the VLT (Very Large Telescope) is reportedly the most powerful telescope based on Earth. The hotel is at 2,400 meters (7,900 ft) above sea level on Cerro Paranal. The people there…
The four Unit Telescopes that form the VLT together with the four Auxiliary Telescopes (VST at right)
VLT's four Unit Telescopes
Laser used for adaptive optics. It excites sodium atoms in the atmosphere and creates a laser guide star.
Upgrading Yepun (UT4) with the "Adaptive Optics Facility" in 2012