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 |