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Europeans to build largest telescope ever in Chile

According to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf ESO has decided today to build a mega telescope in Chile. The European Extremely large Telescope (E-ELT) is to be build on top of the 3 kilometer high Mount Cerro Armazones in the Andes where circumstances are most favourabele for a telescope like this. The E-ELT should be operable around 2018

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posted on April 26, 2010 at 1:06 pm and filed under Space exploration and investigation .

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