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    VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage

    Nicolas Bustos

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2017–2026

    YouTube

    8:11 · 2.7M views · May 18, 2011

    A timelapse compilation of the night sky above the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile, using ESO photographers' footage set to music. It shows the stars wheeling overhead and the observatory at work.

    Commenters recommend it as an awe-inspiring way to feel Earth's rotation and our place in space.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @tohuvavohuJul 2024· in “Why is Chile so long?”

      Watching this footage of the Very Large Telescope in Chile was the first time I really grasped that we're all together on a rock tumbling through the vastness of space: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @dTalMar 2022· in “A Rocket Launch Seen from the ISS”

      Well, I'm not really a fan of picking favorites, but since we're talking about astronomical time lapses, I think this one must surely rank highly: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @dTalFeb 2017· in “Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth”

      Wanderers is indeed excellent. See also: the timelapse footage of the sky from the VLT, Paranal. Just thinking about it gives me vertigo. this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    4. @recursivegirthMar 2026· in “My Astrophotography in the Movie Project Hail Mary”

      Earth moves - that's how you get the next shot without repositioning the telescope. This time-lapse probably better visualizes it: this video

      CitesView on HN