2026-04-27 07:13 UTC
Over 70% complete, our ELT is glowing in the #sunset light of the Atacama Desert in #Chile, surrounded by massive cranes hard at work to get this telescope up and running.
With the first light planned for the end of the decade, the ELT and its groundbreaking 39-metre main mirror will take on some of the biggest challenges in #astronomy and, ultimately, help us understand our place in the #Universe.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2617a/
š· ESO/G. Vecchia
#astrodon #astrophysics #space #science
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@Reinald@nrw.social 2026-04-27 07:25
@esoastronomy@mastodon.social growing up in the 80s, fascinated by asteonomy, spending many nights with our schools telescope, the 5m Telescope on Mt. Palomar has been the pinnacle of optical instruments. How far has science got from there. I still can't believe it. JWST. Rubin Observatory. This will get ready in my lifetime. I am so curious.
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@Roblugton@aus.social 2026-04-27 09:20
@esoastronomy@mastodon.social is it wrong that Iām more interested in the cranes than the telescope? š
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@moritzdietz@mastodon.social 2026-04-27 12:59
@esoastronomy@mastodon.social this looks so cool!