At 2635 metres above sea level in the Atacama Desert of Chile, ESO’s Paranal Observatory is one of the very best astronomical observing sites in the world and is the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy.

Public Visits to La Silla Observatory. The La Silla Observatory is located on the outskirts of the Chilean Atacama Desert, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile and at an altitude of 2400 metres.

At 2635 metres above sea level in the Atacama Desert of Chile, ESO’s Paranal Observatory is one of the very best astronomical observing sites in the world. It hosts several world-class telescopes; among them are the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and its Interferometer (VLTI), the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), and ...

Sep 30, 2011 · High on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), together with its international partners, is operating the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — a state-of-the-art telescope to study light from some of the coldest objects in the Universe.

The ALMA Observatory offers transport to tourists from San Pedro de Atacama located 35 kilometres from the ALMA Operations Support Facility. Prior registration is mandatory . The guided tour starts with a bus pick-up from San Pedro de Atacama at 9:00 am.

Apr 26, 2010 · Cerro Armazones and Paranal share the same ideal conditions for astronomical observations, including over 320 clear nights per year. In addition, they are very remote sites in the Atacama Desert, offering some of the darkest skies on Earth with virtually no light pollution from human civilisation.

ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in the Atacama Desert region of Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. ESO's first site is at La Silla, a 2400 m high mountain 600 km north of Santiago de Chile.

Paranal is the home of the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), located 120 km south of the city of Antofagasta and 110 km north of Taltal, in the Atacama desert. How to reach ESO Paranal Observatory Arriving by plane

1 day ago · This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world [1].

3 days ago · La Silla, in the southern part of the Atacama desert, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile and at an altitude of 2400 metres is the home of ESO's original observing site. Here ESO operates two major telescopes: the 3.6m telescope, and the New Technology Telescope (NTT).