La Silla Observatory
La Silla Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory. Several other telescopes are also located at the site and are partly maintained by ESO.
- Research institute
- …lies at an elevation of 2,400 metres (7,874 feet)
- …is operated by ESO
- …opened in 1964
- Description: astronomical observatory in Chile
- Address: Acceso Observatorio La Silla, La Higuera
- Email: lasilla@eso.org
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope.
Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope
Building
The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope is a 15-metre diameter radio telescope. Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope is situated 1 km southeast of La Silla Observatory.
La Silla Observatory
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Latitude
-29.2555° or 29° 15′ 20″ south
Longitude
-70.73744° or 70° 44′ 15″ west
Open location code
572FP7V7+Q2
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“La Silla Observatory” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “La Silla-sterrewag”
- Arabic: “مرصد لاسيلا”
- Armenian: “Լա Սիլյայի աստղադիտարան”
- Asturian: “La Silla Observatory”
- Asturian: “Observatoriu de La Silla”
- Basque: “La Silla Behatokia”
- Basque: “La Sillako Behatokia”
- Belarusian: “Абсэрваторыя Ля-Сыльля”
- Belarusian: “Ля-Сыльля (абсэрваторыя)”
- Belarusian: “Ля-Сыльля”
- Catalan: “La Silla Observatory”
- Catalan: “La Silla”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی لاسیلا”
- Chinese: “拉西亚天文台”
- Chinese: “拉西亞天文臺”
- Chinese: “拉西拉天文台”
- Chinese: “拉西拉天文臺”
- Czech: “Observatoř La Silla”
- Danish: “La Silla Observatoriet”
- Dutch: “La Silla Sterrenwacht”
- Dutch: “La Silla-observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد لاسيلا”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio La Silla”
- Estonian: “La Silla observatoorium”
- Finnish: “La Silla”
- Finnish: “La Sillan observatorio”
- French: “Observatoire de La Silla”
- French: “Observatoire La Silla”
- Georgian: “ლა-სილიის ობსერვატორია”
- German: “La Silla Observatory”
- German: “La Silla-Observatorium”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Λα Σίγια”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Λα Σίλλα”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο της Λα Σίγια”
- Hebrew: “טלסקופ החלל לה סילה”
- Hungarian: “La Silla”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium La Silla”
- Irish: “Réadlann La Silla”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di La Silla”
- Japanese: “ラ・シア天文台”
- Japanese: “ラ・シヤ天文台”
- Korean: “라 시야 천문대”
- Korean: “라 실라 천문대”
- Korean: “라실라산 천문대”
- Latin: “Observatorium La Silla”
- Lithuanian: “La Siljos observatorija”
- Lithuanian: “La Silla observatorija”
- Luxembourgish: “La-Silla-Observatoire”
- Macedonian: “Ла Силја”
- Macedonian: “Ла Сиља”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Silla-observatoriet”
- Norwegian: “La Silla-observatoriet”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ لاسیا”
- Polish: “La Silla Observatory”
- Polish: “La Silla”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium La Silla”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de La Silla”
- Portuguese: “Observatório La Silla”
- Romanian: “Observatorul La Silla”
- Russian: “La Silla Observatory”
- Russian: “Ла-Силья”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Ла-Силла”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Ла-Силья”
- Slovak: “Observatórium La Silla”
- Spanish: “La Silla Observatory”
- Spanish: “La Silla”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de La Silla”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Silla del La”
- Spanish: “Observatorio La Silla”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Meridional Europeo de La Silla”
- Swedish: “La Silla-observatoriet”
- Swedish: “La Silla”
- Tagalog: “La Silla Observatory”
- Tagalog: “Obserbatoryo ng La Silla”
- Thai: “หอดูดาวลาซียา”
- Turkish: “La Silla Gözlemevi”
- Turkish: “La Silla”
- Ukrainian: “Ла-Сілья”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Ла Сілья”
- Urdu: “لا سیلا رصدگاہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát La Silla”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn La Silla”
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