E-ELT site testing — Vizcachas / Chile
The above picture shows a view of the desert around Vizcachas, a site located in Chile, not very far from the ESO La Silla Observatory, home to the 3.6-metre telescope and its very successful exoplanet hunter HARPS.
The E-ELT programme office has studied half a dozen potential sites for the future E-ELT observatory, which, with its 40-metre-class diameter, will be the world’s biggest eye on the sky. Various aspects need to be considered in the site selection process. Vizcachas was on the E-ELT Site Selection Advisory Committee’s final short list for the recommended site.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | vizcachas20078269_cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 4 March 2010, 11:40 |
| Size: | 4368 x 2912 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Vizcachas Mountains |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface : Mountain • X - E-ELT • X - Chile |
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