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European Southern Observatory (ESO)
This collection contains videos produced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to illustrate galaxies, nebulae, astronomy and cosmology. The ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. ESO provides state-of-the-art research facilities to astronomers and is supported by Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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Day in the life of an ESO astronomer
Produced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), this video shows what it is like to be an astronomer. In this video, we go behind the scenes at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to illustrate what a day in the life of an ESO staff astronomer is like.
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Very Large Telescope (VLT)
From the European Southern Observatory (ESO), this video shows the construction and work of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT was made in Europe and was erected on Cerro Paranal, a 2,640 metre high mountain in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. This video describes the VLT project and some of the...
Black hole in the Milky Way
In this video from the European Southern Observatory, we go to the centre of the Milky Way to investigate a supermassive black hole. Two scientists describe a 16-year long study, which used several of ESO’s flagship telescopes, to produce the most detailed view ever of the surroundings of the monster lurking at...
The Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula reveals many of its hidden secrets in the dramatic images taken by the European Southern Observatory's VISTA survey telescope. This video showcases some of them and describes some of the processes occurring in the Orion nebula. VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) is...