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A few comets, a few galaxies and a few telescopes.
Comets PANSTARRS (2011L4)and LEMMON (2012F6) above Paranal observatory.

© Stéphane Guisard, Los Cielos de América

Comet PANSTARRS (2011L4) on the right and comet LEMMON (2012F6) in the middle appear above Paranal observatoryon this image taken 4th March 2013 just after Sunset.
The Large and Small megellanic clouds galaxies are visible on the top left of the image. The picture was taken at ESO-Paranal observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile. Three of the 4 main 8m telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) can be seen on this image.