World’s largest mirror support installed | ELT Updates

ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will boast the world’s largest telescope mirror ever, 39m across and weighing 200 tonnes. Check out this video to see engineers and constructions workers installing the massive steel structure that will support the mirror, inside the ELT dome in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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ESO

Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis.
Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Bárbara Ferreira. Footage and photos: ESO, Angelos Tsaousis, Martin Wallner, ACe/Cimolai.
Music: Jon Kennedy – Enchantica.

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Id:eltu-m1-cell-progress-a
Publicatiedatum:29 augustus 2024 14:00
Duur:01 m 00 s
Frame rate:25 fps

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Naam:Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Categorie:ELT

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