The winning entry in the STFC Photowalk competition

Experimental lipstick size robots, being developed through the UK's E-ELT instrumentation programme, were the subject of the winning entry in a national photography competition.

The European Extremely Large Telescope

 

Welcome to the UK site for the E-ELT, which is planned to be the largest optical telescope in the world.


E-ELT Concept Image. This image is courtesy of ESO.


The Telescope

 

Find out about the plans for the largest telescope in the world, the E-ELT, and the UK contribution towards planning and building it.




EAGLE instrument concept


Technology

 

Learn about the ground breaking design and engineering that is required to make this telescope the most sensitive on earth.




An artists impression of an extra-solar planet


Science

 

Explore the big questions of the universe, and discover how the E-ELT will help us to find some answers.




Engineers working


People

 

Meet some of the scientists and engineers from all over the UK who are working on this project.