Back to Discover
🚀

Extremely Large Telescope

space Maturity 9-11

A giant eye looks at space.

The European Extremely Large Telescope.jpg
The European Extremely Large Telescope.jpg
It is a very big telescope. It sits on a high hill. It sees things far away. It helps us see the stars. It is so big! Can you see the stars?

49 words
🖼️ Images & Media (13)
File:The ESO Council during their meeting in Garching on 11–12 June 2012.jpg
The ESO Council during their meeting in...
File:A doorway to the Universe (DJI 0078).jpg
A doorway to the Universe (DJI 0078).jpg
File:Cerro Armazones night-time panorama.jpg
Cerro Armazones night-time panorama.jpg
File:The European Extremely Large Telescope.jpg
The European Extremely Large Telescope.jpg
File:The optical system of the ELT showing the location of the mirrors.jpg
The optical system of the ELT showing the...
File:First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast.jpg
First ELT Main Mirror Segments...
File:E-ELT mirror segments under test.jpg
E-ELT mirror segments under test.jpg
Blank Canvas the ELT’s M2 Mirror Blank.tif
File:ELT concept.jpg
ELT concept.jpg
File:E-ELT and VLT vs Colosseum.jpg
E-ELT and VLT vs Colosseum.jpg
E-ELT Trailer.ogv
File:The First E-ELT Instruments.jpg
The First E-ELT Instruments.jpg

+ 1 more

Up Next
🚀
Giant Magellan Telescope
Space
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Giant Magellan Telescope 0% Very Large Telescope 0% European Southern Observatory 0% W. M. Keck Observatory 0% Large Binocular Telescope 0% Optical telescope 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Giant Magellan Telescope Very Large Telescope European Southern Observatory W. M. Keck Observatory

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

ROSAT X-ray telescope Herschel Space Observatory Chandra X-ray Observatory
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 13.0 | Vital Level 5