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Biggest eye on the sky - the ELT

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be one of ESO's flagship telescopes in the next decades. In this aerial photo, the telescope looks like an eye, pointing at the sky. The image shows the ELT still in its construction phase. Through the open dome we see the honey-comb-like structure of the ELT's main mirror. With an astonoishing size of 39 meters in diameter, this will be the biggest telescope mirror in the world.

Credit:

ESO/G. Vecchia

About the Image

Id:DJI_0006
Type:Photographic
Release date:4 December 2024, 10:43
Size:5472 x 3078 px

About the Object

Name:Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:ELT

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