Questions tagged [e-elt]
Questions about the upcoming European Extremely Large Telescope.
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What two "little observatories" run by a university in Chile and "by Germans" are near the future site of the Extremely Large Observatory?
Brady Haran is known for the Numberphile and Periodic Table of Videos YouTube channels but also does Deep Sky Videos.
In the video for the Extremely Large Telescope Haran stands at the site of the ...
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Can large scientific telescopes observe the Moon without being damaged?
When I look at the full Moon through my 10cm telescope, it is so bright that it hurts. Can large scientific telescopes observe the moon at all? Does that require special protection equipment? Or ...
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Will the E-ELT use Adaptive Optics at visible wavelengths?
In this recent BBC article I read that the European Extremely Large Telescope or E-ELT is in final design and is planned to be on line by 2024, and that (of course) it will rely heavily on adaptive ...
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What is a quaternary mirror and why does the E-ELT need one?
In this recent BBC article I read the one-sentence paragraph:
"Development on the mirrors - in particular, a very complex quaternary mirror - continues apace."
and became interested in the ...