ESO Organisation Release eso1140: Full-size Mock-up of World’s Largest Telescope Mirror Built at ESO’s Open House Day. On Saturday 15 October, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) opened the doors of its headquarters in Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany, to the public. Throughout the day, thousands of visitors had the chance to help build a full-size mock-up mirror ...

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17 October 2011

On Saturday 15 October, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) opened the doors of its headquarters in Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany, to the public. Throughout the day, thousands of visitors had the chance to help build a full-size mock-up mirror of the largest planned telescope in the world — the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) — and to experience many other aspects of ESO’s work.

The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1140/

Translations are available in: Danish, German, Icelandic, Italian, Polish, Portuguese/Brazil, Portuguese/Portugal, Ukrainian

Kind regards,
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
17 October 2011

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