ESO's Extremely Large Telescope
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Discover the telescope that will makes us rethink our place in the cosmos
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New powerful lasers for the world's largest optical telescope
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Installing the giant doors of the Extremely Large Telescope
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Timelapse of the sun rising behind the Extremely Large Telescope
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Amazing moonrise behind ESO's Extremely Large Telescope
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The incredible sensors and actuators of the world's largest telescope mirror
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Drone view of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope
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Time-lapse of the construction of the world's largest telescope
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This mirror will stabilise the images of the Extremely Large Telescope | ELT Updates
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The central tower of the world's largest telescope is installed | ELT Updates
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Coating the Extremely Large Telescope mirrors with silver | ELT Updates
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Growing every day
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World’s largest mirror support installed | ELT Updates
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This will hold the largest telescope mirror ever built
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Shielding the Extremely Large Telescope from the Atacama Desert | ELT Updates
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World's largest optical telescope takes shape
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Night time-lapse at the Extremely Large Telescope | ELT Updates
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Largest tip-tilt mirror in the world | ELT Updates
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Mirror segments get shiny | ELT Updates
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Dance of the cranes | ELT Updates
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ELT dome moves for the first time | ELT Updates
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One of our most anticipated deliveries! | ELT Updates
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ELT main mirror segments shipped to Chile | ELT Updates
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ELT Time Capsule Ceremony | ELT Updates
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Time capsule buried at ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope | ELT Updates
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A sneak peek of M2’s metallic cradle | ELT updates
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A golden halo around the ELT (timelapse) | ELT Updates
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World's largest telescope dome takes shape | ELT updates
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50% mark reached! | ELT updates
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The steel backbone of ESO’s ELT | ELT Updates
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Meet MICADO, a super-camera for the ELT! | ELT Updates
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Meet METIS, a multi-tool instrument for the ELT | ELT Updates
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Flying into the ELT (fulldome) | ELT Updates
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ELT trailer 2020 | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 176 Light: Building the Biggest Optical Telescope in the World (4K UHD) | ELT Updates
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ELT trailer 2017 VR | ELT Updates
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First ELT main mirror segments successfully cast | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 145 Light: First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast (4K UHD) | ELT Updates
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Behind the scenes at ESO: Showing you the road to the stars — Interviews | ELT Updates
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Artist's view of the ELT on Cerro Armazones | ELT Updates
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Light's five-mirror journey through the ELT | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 93 Light: Kick-off for Mirrors and Sensors for Biggest Eye on the Sky (4K UHD) | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 84: The New E-ELT Design Unveiled | ELT Updates
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The European Extremely Large Telescope | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 70: Green Light for E-ELT Construction | ELT Updates
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Excerpts from E-ELT groundbreaking event | ELT Updates
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Fly-over of the planned road to Armazones | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 37: Full-size Mock-up of World's Largest Telescope Mirror | ELT Updates
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