Extremely Large Telescope

UK involvement in the ELT

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further information relevant to Astronomers can be found on ESO’s ELT Science pages although some of the latter may be out of date.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

03/2013: BIS confirms a £88 million investment in the E-ELT


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