Mirrors for the world’s largest optical telescope are on their way to Chile

The first 18 pieces for one of the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) mirrors have started their 10,000 kilometer journey from France to Chile. It’s a key step on the way to competing the ELT, according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Each section is  part of the telescope’s primary mirror, named the M1.Continue reading “Mirrors for the world’s largest optical telescope are on their way to Chile”
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