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class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/speculoos/"">SPECULOOS</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/ngts/"">NGTS</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/ctao/"">Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/"">La Silla Observatory</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swedish/"">Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swedish/simba/"">SIMBA</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/"">New Technology Telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/efosc2/"">EFOSC2</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/emmi/"">EMMI</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/irspec/"">IRSPEC</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/sofi/"">SOFI</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/soxs/"">SOXS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/susi2/"">SUSI and SUSI2</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/"">ESO 3.6-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/adonis/"">ADONIS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/caspec/"">CASPEC</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/irspec/"">IRSPEC</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/harps/"">HARPS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/mefos/"">MEFOS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/nirps/"">NIRPS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/optopus/"">OPTOPUS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/timmi2/"">TIMMI/2</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/36-infrared-photometer-spectrophotometer/"">Infrared Photometer/Spectrophotometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/36-standard-photometer/"">Standard Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/infrared-specklegraph/"">Infrared Specklegraph</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/infrared-speckle-interferometer/"">Infrared Speckle Interferometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/efosc/"">EFOSC</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/"">MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/feros/"">FEROS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/grond/"">GROND</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/irac2/"">IRAC & IRAC2</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/pisco/"">PISCO</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/wfi/"">WFI</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/infrared-photometer-spectrophotometer/"">Infrared Photometer/Spectrophotometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swiss/""> Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swiss/coralie/"">CORALIE</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/rem/"">Rapid Eye Mount telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/trappist/"">TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/"">Danish 1.54-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/coravel/"">CORAVEL</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/dfosc/"">DFOSC</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/ccd/"">CCD camera</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/hb-photometer/"">Hβ Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/two-channel-photometer/"">Two-Channel Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/four-channel-photometer/"">Four-Channel Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/six-channel-photometer/"">Six-Channel uvby-Hβ Photometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/tarot/"">Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1mschmidt/"">ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/"">ESO 1.52-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/bandc/"">Boller and Chivens Spectrograph</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/coude/"">Coudé Spectrograph</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/echelec/"">ECHELEC</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/rv-cass-spectrograph/"">RV Cass Spectrograph</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/"">ESO 1-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/fideos/"">FIDEOS</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/infrared-photometer/"">Infrared Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/single-channel-photometer/"">Single-Channel Photometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/05metre/"">ESO 0.5-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/05metre/single-channel-photometer/"">Single-Channel Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/05metre/double-channel-photometer/"">Double-Channel Photometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/coude/"">Coudé Auxiliary Telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/coude/ces/"">CES</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/marly/"">MarLy 1-metre telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/09metre/"">Dutch 0.9-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/09metre/walraven/"">Walraven Photometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/t70/"">Swiss T70 telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/bochum/"">Bochum 0.61-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/bochum/bochum-scanner/"">Bochum Scanner</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/bochum/bochum-photometer/"">Bochum Photometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish05/"">Danish 0.5-metre telescope</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish05/danish-two-channel-hb-photometer/"">Two-Channel Hβ Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish05/danish-four-channel-uvby-photometer/"">Four-Channel uvby Photometer</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish05/danish-six-channel-uvby-hb-photometer/"">Six-Channel uvby–Hβ Photometer</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/gpo/"">Grand Prisme Objectif telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swiss04/"">Swiss 0.4-metre telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/marseille/"">Marseille 0.36-metre telescope</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/grb/"">GRB Monitoring System</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mascara/"">MASCARA</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/blackgem/"">BlackGEM</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/extra/"">ExTrA</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/lasilla/test-bed/"">Test-Bed Telescope</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/"">APEX</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/apex-2a/"">APEX–2A</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/artemis/"">ArTéMiS</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/aszca/"">ASZCa</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/champ-plus/"">CHAMP+</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/concerto/"">CONCERTO</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/flash/"">FLASH</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/flash-plus/"">FLASH+</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/laboca/"">LABOCA</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/mpi_11thz/"">MPI_1.1THz</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/p-artemis/"">P-ArTéMiS</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/pi230/"">PI230</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/polka/"">PolKa</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/saboca/"">SABOCA</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/sepia/"">SEPIA</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex/shefi/"">SHeFI</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma/"">ALMA</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma/antennas/"">Antennas</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma/transporters/"">Transporters</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma/interferometry/"">Interferometry</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma/receiver-bands/"">Receiver Bands</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma/residencia/"">ALMA Residencia</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/elt/"">ELT</a> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/"">Technology for Telescopes</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/active_optics/"">Active Optics</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/adaptive_optics/"">Adaptive Optics</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/ifu/"">Integral Field Units</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/interferometry/"">Interferometry</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/spectroscopy/"">Spectroscopy</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/technology/polarimetry/"">Polarimetry</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/teles-instr/instruments/"">Instruments</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std0"> <a href="/public/science/"">Discoveries</a> <ul class="sub1"> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/science/key-discoveries/"">ESO Key Astronomical Discoveries</a> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/science/exoplanets/"">Exoplanets</a> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/science/gravitationalwaves/"">Gravitational Wave Sources</a> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href=""">Black Holes</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/science/event-horizon/"">First image of a black hole</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/science/EHT-MilkyWay/"">First image of the Milky Way central black hole</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/science/gc/"">More about the black hole at the galactic centre</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/science/grb/"">Gamma-Ray Bursts</a> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/science/archive/"">Science Archive</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std0"> <a href="/public/events/"">Events</a> <ul class="sub1"> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/events/press-evt/"">Press Events</a> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/"">Special Events</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/events/special-evt/60years/"">ESO at 60</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/eeltblast/"">ELT Groundbreaking</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/cafe-and-kosmos/"">Café & Kosmos in Munich</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/awesome-universe/"">Awesome Universe</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/100ha/"">100 Hours of Astronomy</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/theeye/"">The Eye 3D</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/special-evt/imax-hidden-universe/"">IMAX® 3D Film Hidden Universe</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/outreach/bond/"">Bond at Paranal</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/events/exhibitions/"">Exhibitions</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/exhibitions/perma_exhibitions/"">ESO Permanent Exhibitions</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.esof.eu/"">EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF)</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/"">Astronomical Events</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/solareclipse2019/"">Total Solar Eclipse 2019</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/mcnaught2007/"">The Comet McNaught 2007</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/deepimpact/"">Deep Impact - 04.07.2005</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/"">The Venus Transit - 08.11.2004</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/leonids99/"">The Leonids - 17.11.1999</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/eclipse99/"">Solar Eclipse at ESO HQ - 11.08.1999</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/leonids98/"">The Leonids - 11.1998</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/pathfinder/"">Mars Pathfinder - 1997</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/hyakutake/"">Comet Hyakutake - 1997</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/sl9/"">SL-9 and Jupiter - 1994</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/events/astro-evt/hale-bopp/"">Comet Hale Bopp - 1994</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std0"> <a href="/public/outreach/"">Outreach</a> <ul class="sub1"> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/outreach/eduoff/"">Education</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/products/education/"">Educational Material</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="https://www.scienceinschool.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"">Science in School</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/outreach/eduoff/teacherschools/"">Teacher Schools</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/outreach/eduoff/prev-programmes/"">Previous Programmes</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/prev-programmes/catch-a-star/"">Catch a Star</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/outreach/eduoff/liu/"">Life in the Universe</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/outreach/eduoff/pos/"">Physics On Stage</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="http://kids.alma.cl/?lang=en"">ALMA Kids</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"> <a href="/public/outreach/partnerships/"">Partnerships</a> <ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/"">Volunteer Translators</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/outreach/partnerships/eson/"">ESO Science Outreach Network</a> </li> <li class="std2"> <a href="/public/outreach/partnerships/chile/"">Collaborations in Chile</a> <ul class="sub3"> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/outreach/partnerships/chile/2010/"">2010</a> </li> <li class="std3"> <a href="/public/outreach/partnerships/chile/2009/"">2009</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="std2"> <a 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