The largest telescope dome ever built | Chasing Starlight 10

With a 39-m mirror, ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope will be the largest optical telescope ever built. But how will we protect it from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert?

Join ESO astronomer Suzanna Randall in this episode of Chasing Starlight, where she travels to Chile to tell us about the amazing engineering behind the ELT’s gigantic dome.

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ESO

Directed by: M. Wallner, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, J. C. Munoz-Mateos
Hosted by: S. Randall 
Written by: P. Freeman, T. Howarth, B. Ferreira
Editing: M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada
Videography: A. Tsaousis, R. Soruco
Animations & footage: M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, C. Malin/Vectorial/J. F. Salgado/Chepox/G. Huedepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO/Alessio Dradi (Cimolai), ESO/ACe Consortium, ESO/G. Beccari.
Music: Videvo
Web and technical support: G. Bazin, R. Shida   
Scientific consultant:  P. Amico   
Promotion: O. Sandu
Filming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org), Cerro Armazones in northern Chile. 

Produced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)

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Id:cs0010a
Publicatiedatum:3 mei 2024 14:00
Duur:06 m 05 s
Frame rate:25 fps

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Naam:Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Categorie:Chasing Starlight
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