ELT and VLT vs Colosseum
Present and future observatories compared to a marvel from the past. The ELT dome will be 100 metres in diameter, about the size of the Colosseum in Rome, but atop a 3000-metre mountaintop. For comparison, each of the four VLT unit telescopes are 25 metres high, about the size of an eight-storey building.
This picture is based on a preliminary design for the ELT.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | e-elt-and-vlt-vsosseum |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 31 May 2013, 11:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann13049 |
| Size: | 3514 x 1357 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Extremely Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | ELT Illustrations |
