The ELT opens its eye on the sky (artist's impression)
ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the world's largest eye on the sky, with a primary mirror 39-metres in size and located atop Cerro Armazones in the Chilean Atacama desert. This artist's impression shows the completed telescope opening its dome to reveal the gigantic mirror within.
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Credit:ESO, G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com), L. Calçada and ACe Consortium.
About the Video
| Id: | elt-construction-seq1 |
| Release date: | 7 September 2018, 15:00 |
| Duration: | 25 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Extremely Large Telescope |
| Category: | ELT |
