E-ELT Laser Guide Star
Artist's impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) in its enclosure on Cerro Armazones during night-time observations. The four beams shooting skywards are lasers that create artificial stars high in the Earth’s atmosphere. These form part of a sophisticated system to correct for turbulence and create much sharper images. The 40-metre-class E-ELT will be the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world — the world's biggest eye on the sky. Operations are planned to start early in the next decade, and the E-ELT will tackle some of the biggest scientific challenges of our time.
The design for the E-ELT shown here was published in 2011 and is preliminary.
Crédit:ESO/L Calçada
À propos de la vidéo
Identification: | eso1150c |
Date de publication: | 9 décembre 2011 14:00 |
Communiqués de presse en rapport: | eso1150 |
Durée: | 21 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
À propos de l'objet
Catégorie: | ELT |