Signatures for contracts with SCHOTT for the ELT M2 and M3 mirror blanks

Contracts for the casting of the M2 and M3 mirrors of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), their cells and sensors for the M1 segments were awarded at a ceremony at ESO's Garching Headquarters on 18 January 2017.

In this picture ESO, represented by the Director General Tim de Zeeuw (right), signed two contracts with SCHOTT, represented by Christoph Fark, Executive Vice President, for the casting of the ELT's secondary and tertiary mirrors.