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English: ESO's first observatory in Chile was at La Silla, where its ESO 3.6-metre telescope is still producing incredible observations today. Here, the telescope sits beneath the streak of our home galaxy, theMilky Way.
Date 21 October 2016, 13:44:00 (upload date)
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<span>ESO's first observatory in Chile was at La Silla, where its </span>ESO 3.6-metre telescope<span> is still producing incredible observations today.

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