Extremely large telescope - Wikipedia
An extremely large telescope (ELT) is an astronomical observatory featuring an optical telescope with an aperture for its primary mirror from 20 metres up to 100 metres across, [1] [2] when discussing reflecting telescopes of optical wavelengths including ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near infrared wavelengths.
World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
2025年1月19日 · ESO's Extremely Large Telescope under construction in the Atacama desert in January 2025. (Image credit: ESO/G. Vecchia) ESO also shared an up-close view of the inner frame of the "spider ...
The Extremely Large Telescope — Facts about the world's largest ...
2024年7月29日 · Here's everything you need to know about the Extremely Large Telescope, which will become the largest telescope in the world when it is completed at the end of the decade.
U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive …
2025年1月17日 · Direct imaging with extremely large telescopes such as the Larger Binocular Telescope Interferometer and the upcoming 83.5-foot Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile makes it possible to distinguish feedback from the radio jet and dusty wind simultaneously. Previously, the various processes were blended due to low resolution, but now it is possible ...
Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat
3 天之前 · Paranal’s facilities, however, should soon be outclassed by ESO’s under-construction $1.5-billion Extremely Large Telescope, or ELT, which boasts a light-gathering primary mirror nearly 40 ...
Extremely Large Telescope
The Extremely Large Telescope: The World's Biggest Eye On The Sky. ELT HOME; ABOUT. About the ELT Timeline Location Webcams Facts Road to the ELT Meet the Team Working Groups Industrial and Institutional Partners FAQ. TELESCOPE. Telescope Overview Dome Main Structure. Mirrors.
The Extremely Large Telescope is astronomy's next big thing
2024年9月26日 · The Extremely Large Telescope or ELT will be the most powerful optical telescope ever built. When it opens for business in 2028, it promises to reshape our view of the cosmos.
Very Large Telescope | ESO - European Southern Observatory
2 天之前 · ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy. It is one of the world's most advanced optical telescopes, consisting of four Unit Telescopes with main mirrors of 8.2m diameter and four …
World's largest telescope continues taking shape on Chilean …
2024年7月27日 · The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is currently under construction on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert and is expected to see its...
Inside the Extremely Large Telescope being built in Chile | REUTERS
Dozens of boxes holding mirrors line a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers advance construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, set to become o...