ELT and VLT vs Colosseum

Present and future observatories compared to a marvel from the past. The ELT dome will be 100 metres in diameter, about the size of the Colosseum in Rome, but atop a 3000-metre mountaintop. For comparison, each of the four VLT unit telescopes are 25 metres high, about the size of an eight-storey building.

This picture is based on a preliminary design for the ELT.

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Identificador:e-elt-and-vlt-vsosseum
Tipo:Collage
Fecha de publicación:31 de Mayo de 2013 a las 11:00
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Nombre:Extremely Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Categoría:ELT
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