... ESO's Governing Bodies . ... Survey Telescopes . ... With this new view of a spectacular stellar nursery ESO is celebrating 15 years of the Very Large Telescope т?? the world's most advanced optical instrument. ... This new picture celebrates an important anniversary for the Very Large Telescope т?? it is fifteen years since the first light on the first of its four Unit Telescopes, on 25 May 1998. ... The Very Large Telescope Snaps a Stellar Nursery and Celebrates Fifteen Years of Operations . ...