Chaos Communication Congress

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) (37x32)

Air date: Dec 27, 2023

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is currently under construction in the Atacama desert in northern Chile by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). With a primary mirror aperture of 39m, it will be the largest optical telescope on earth. We will briefly introduce the history and mission of ESO and explain how a modern optical telescope works.