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ESO's Very Large Telescope Will Aim Where Voters Choose

To celebrate its 50th anniversary on Oct. 5, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is hosting two competitions for its Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile: one that lets you choose what the telescope observes, and the other, a chance to come to Chile and help with the VLT observations yourself.
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Gum 19

Gum 19 is a star-forming region in the direction of the constellation Vela, 22,000 light-years away. The giant, superhot star V391 Velorum fuels its brightness. Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2