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E-ELT and VLT vs Colosseum
Present and future observatories compared to a marvel from the past. The E-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 E-ELT.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | e-elt-and-vlt-vsosseum |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 28 May 2013, 13:56 |
| Related announcements: | ann13049 |
| Size: | 2710 x 1112 px |
About the Object
| Name: | European Extremely Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • X - Illustrations • X - E-ELT |
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