Calendars

ESO Calendar 2025

January — The Gum 3 nebula – A Koi-smic fish

February — The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre under the snow

March — Ribbons and pearls in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398

April — Guiding lights to the stars and the ESO 3.6-m telescope

May — The cosmic master of disguise: IC 2631

June — Pillar of sunlight over ALMA

July — The Running Chicken nebula

August — A laser show on Paranal

September — The Dragon's Egg nebula in visible light

October — Spot the engineers on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)

November — Curious spiral spotted by ALMA around red giant star R Sculptoris (data visualisation)

December — NTT perched on top of the world

ESO Calendar 2024

January - The Lupus 3 region in visible light

February - Lore bids farewell to an ALMA antenna

March - The Sh2-54 nebula in the infrared with VISTA

April - Venus over the BlackGEM telescopes

May - Jupiter imaged using the VISIR instrument on the VLT

June - VLT’s lasers and the stunning dark skies of the Atacama Desert