The European Southern Observatory (ESO, European Southern Observatory) presented magnificent photos of the total solar eclipse, which was observed on July 2 this year.
A streak of total solar eclipse passed through ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is curious that this astronomical event took place in the fiftieth year of the activity of the named observatory - La Silla was opened back in 1969.
At 16:40 local Chilean time, the Moon obscured the Sun: a total solar eclipse was observed within a 150-kilometer band in northern Chile. The total phase of the eclipse lasted about two minutes.
It should be noted that La Silla has two of the most productive 4-meter-class telescopes in the world. This is the 3,58-meter New Technology Telescope (NTT), which at one time became the world's first telescope with a computer-controlled primary mirror (active optics).
The second instrument is ESO's 3,6-meter telescope, which is now working alongside the most advanced exoplanet hunter on earth, the HARPS instrument.
Source: 3dnews.ru