The section provides the latest telescope and instruments news from the La Silla Site.

More news can be found in the news section of the La Silla Science Operations page.

• March 14, 2010: Updated service observing information Service Observing
• November 20, 2009: A new technique using near-infrared images, obtained with s 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) ESO Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
• April 6, 2009: La Silla Astroclimatology information (weather, seeing, extinction) was moved to a new location and can now be found on the mean navigation menu of the La Silla Facilities pages. Additional La Silla astroclimatology information will be added here.
• February 11, 2009: From the second week of July, 2009, observations will be carried out from a new control room located in the administration building.
• February 11, 2009: A new page describing the way that operations will run after P83 (ie from October 2009) is available here.
• April 22, 2008: A document that explains how to interface visitor instruments with focal stations of La Silla telescopes is available (2.8 MB PDF format).
• March 27, 2007: The dome of the 3.6m has been fully restored, and moves with nominal speed.
• October 05, 2006: The dome of the 3.6m enters an extended period of corrective maintenance. Science operations at the 3.6m is temporarily suspended until further notice.
• May 17, 2006: A Trio of Neptunes  discovered with HARPS, see ESO PR 18/06
• January 26, 2006: A 5.5M_earth planet discovered with the 1.54m Danish telescope.