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The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. I was invited out there by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council and the European Southern Observatory, and I wasn’t going to turn down a chance like that.
📰 DISCLAIMER
While the STFC and ESO invited me and arranged the logistics after arrival into the Antofagasta region, I was not paid for this (not even my travel costs) and I have sole editorial control over the video. This is not an advert.
👥 CREDITS
Editor: Michelle Martin
Script assistant: Laura Conlon
Audio mix: Graham Haerther and Manni Simon at Standard Studios
Thanks to Alex Fyans, Hannah Conduit, and William Taylor from STFC; to Francisco Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, and Michele Cirasuolo from ESO; and to everyone I met at Paranal!
🖼 IMAGE CREDITS
Images and footage from ESO is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
First image of an explanet:
Stars orbiting the supermassive black hole:
VLT light path:
VLTI delay lines:
ELT render:
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