Artist’s impression of the E-ELT at night

Artist's impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) at night whilst observations are in progress. The 39-metre E-ELT will be the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world — the world's biggest eye on the sky. Operations are planned to start early in the next decade, and the E-ELT will tackle some of the biggest scientific challenges of our time.

The design for the E-ELT shown here was published in 2009 and is preliminary.

Credit:

ESO/L. Calçada

About the Image

Id:eso1225b
Type:Photographic
Release date:11 June 2012, 19:30
Related releases:eso1225
Size:4000 x 2250 px

About the Object

Name:Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:ELT
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