Full-size mock-up of the E-ELT mirror

This full-size replica of the mirror was built by participants at ESO’s Open House Day 2011 in Garching bei München. The full-size mock-up was made of 798 cardboard hexagons, each around 1.4 metres across, and it measured 39.3 metres across, occupying an area of nearly 1000 square metres. The E-ELT will be the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso1140a
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 October 2011, 15:00
Related releases:eso1140
Size:3245 x 2149 px

About the Object

Name:Extremely Large Telescope, Open House Day
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:People and Events

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