The ESO ELT web pages have a wealth of information of the ELT, some further information relevant to Astronomers can be found on ESO’s ELT Science pages although some of the latter may be out of date. For those interested in the ELT Working Groups, please contact: aprajita.verma@phsyics.ox.ac.uk
ELT Project News
2022
07/2022 ESO’s Paranal Observatory starts receiving energy from the largest solar plant in Chile dedicated to astronomy
2021
12/2021 ESO and Chile sign agreement to foster scientific and technological cooperation on the ELT
12/2021 UN Women and ESO start training programme for Chile-based women to coat astronomical mirrors
10/2021 From mirror petals to laser stars: ELT adaptive optics milestones reached
06/2021 ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope planned to start scientific operations in 2027
03/2021 The ELT dedicated Messenger No. 182 Now Available
01/2021 New website for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope launched
2020
12/2020 Funding boost for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope
11/2020 Design achievements for actuators and sensors of the main mirror of ESO's ELT
11/2020 What the ESO’s ELT dome will look like
Older News - (click to expand)
09/2019: Construction of the ELT Dome Foundations Begins
08/2019: First 18 ELT Primary Mirror Blanks Arrive at Safran Reosc
01/2019: World's largest convex mirror blank ready for final touches
12/2018: ELT's HARMONI spectrograph passes Preliminary Design Review
05/2018: ELT Foundation Work Started on Cerro Armazones
01/2018: First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast
07/2017: The astronomer bringing HARMONI to the Extremely Large Telescope
06/2017: The next big thing in astronomy: the Extremely Large Telescope
06/2017: Renaming the E-ELT
05/2017: ESO Signs Contracts for the ELT's Gigantic Primary Mirror
05/2017: First Stone Ceremony for ESO's Extremely Large Telescope
05/2017: Secondary Mirror of ELT Successfully Cast
02/2017: Contracts Signed for ELT Mirrors and Sensors
01/2017: ESO Awards Contract to Polish the ELT Tertiary Mirror
07/2016: ESO Signs Contract to Polish the E-ELT Secondary Mirror
05/2016: ESO Signs Largest Ever Ground-based Astronomy Contract for E-ELT Dome and Telescope Structure
04/2016: Four Lasers Over Paranal
03/2016: Planning Starts for MOS and HIRES Instruments on the E-ELT
12/2015: Agreement Signed for E-ELT MAORY Adaptive Optics System
09/2015: Agreement Signed for METIS Instrument for E-ELT
09/2015: Agreement Signed for MICADO Camera for E-ELT
09/2015: Agreement Signed for HARMONI Instrument for E-ELT [BBC] / [STFC]
12/2014: Green light for E-ELT construction
09/2014: Build your own LEGO E-ELT!
06/2014: E-ELT groundbreaking event
06/2014: Spain confirms participation in the E-ELT
12/2013: E-ELT Construction Work to Start
10/2013: Chilean President Announces Transfer of Land for the E-ELT
10/2013: UK collaboration successfully polishes a prototype E-ELT mirror segment to ESO specifications
05/2013: Consultancy Contract for E-ELT Dome and Main Structure Awarded
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