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The Rise of the Giant: ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope

No. 192 (March 2024), 3–3

Authors
  • Cirasuolo, Michele [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Tamai, Roberto [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Koehler, Bertrand [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Biancat-Marchet, Fabio [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Gonzáles Herrera, Juan-Carlos [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • and the ELT Team
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ELT progress
Abstract

The European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ESO’s ELT) stands as the cornerstone of ESO’s ambitious vision to build a new facility capable of providing a paradigm shift in our understanding of the cosmos. ESO’s ELT is swiftly advancing towards completion, having surpassed, in June 2023, the 50% completion milestone. Possessing unparalleled sensitivity and angular resolution thanks to its 39-metre main mirror, ESO’s ELT holds the potential to revolutionise our perspective on the Universe, from the exploration of exoplanets to the detailed study of stellar populations, and from unravelling the mysteries of galaxy evolution to probing fundamental physics and cosmology.

DOI
Bibcode
2024Msngr.192....3C
Dates
Created: 2024-03-01/2024-03-31
Length
1 pages
Rights
Copyright European Southern Observatory

Cite this article:

Cirasuolo, M., Tamai, R., Koehler, B., Biancat-Marchet, F., Gonzáles Herrera, J., and the ELT Team; The Rise of the Giant: ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope. The Messenger 192 (March 2024): 3–3. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5346