Telescopes at ESO's first site in Chile: the La Silla Observatory
The Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope (front) and the ESO 3.6-metre telescope (rear) at ESO's La Silla observatory. La Silla, in the southern part of the Atacama Desert of Chile was ESO's first observation site. The site is set 2400 metres above sea level, providing excellent observing conditions.
Credit:ESO/S. Lowery
About the Image
| Id: | lowery-lasilla-1 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 6 November 2013, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1346 |
| Size: | 5760 x 3840 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope, La Silla, Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
| Category: | La Silla |
