60 ESO La Silla Observatory (Chile)

Planet Gliese 581 e orbits its host star located only 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra (the Scales) — in just 3.15 days. With only 1.9 Earth-masses, it is the least massive exoplanet ever detected and is, very likely, a rocky planet.
Lightest exoplanet yet discovered - ESO - ESO 15/09
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-15-09.html
ESO La Silla Observatory
"Type of observatory:
Optical; infrared
The La Silla Observatory, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile and at an altitude of 2400 metres, has been an ESO stronghold since the 1960s. Here, ESO operates several of the most productive 4-metre class telescopes in the world. La Silla remains at the forefront of astronomy, and is the second-most scientifically productive in ground-based astronomy (after ESO's Very Large Telescope)."
http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/component/content/article/196

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[javiersolisxx]

Bien por la Silla, bien por Chile.

[larocs]

@gatigomma u know, i live my entirely life in the north of chile iquique, and i'm very familiar with the desert and his stars, the sky it's souuu beatifull over night, that u can see very clear an near almost every shinig star in over there, sheers!

[gatigomma]

Beautiful landscape!

[AndesEbla]

Maybe you would like to watch my video "Stella Maris by La Silla Astronomical Observatory" in AndesEbla Channel.. Greetings. Raúl Hernández Olea.