Summary

Description	ESO has awarded the biggest contract in ground-based astronomy — to build the E-ELT dome and telescope structure. So it’s a good time to take a look at what the E-ELT will be. Credit:ESO. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Peter Grimley and Richard Hook. Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa. Music: Toomas Erm and Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com). Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, ACe Consortium, M. Struik (CERN), ICAFAL/BROTEC Construcción, Microgate/ADS, G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com), AdOptica,NOVA/METIS/MAORY/MICADO consortium, HARMONI consortium, ESA/Hubble, Theofanis N. Matsopoulos and C. Malin (christophmalin.com). Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.
Date	2016-05-25
Source	commons.wikimedia.org
Author	ESO

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Attribution: ESO, 2016-05-25