{"id":60530,"date":"2025-08-05T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60530\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:20:11","slug":"extremely-large-telescope-gets-a-roof-photo-of-the-day-for-august-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60530\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof photo of the day for August 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the middle of Chile’s Atacama desert, there’s lots of activity as construction on the Extremely Large Telescope<\/a> (ELT) is still underway, with cranes helping to move pieces in place.<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/p>\n

The ELT is the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) $1.4 billion project to create the next-generation observatory.<\/p>\n

Here, the world’s largest optical telescope<\/a> will scan the sky with a primary segmented mirror stretching 128 feet (39 meters) in diameter, roughly four times larger than any current ground-based optical telescope. The large mirror will not only allow the telescope to collect more light, but according to the ESO<\/a>, the telescope will also provide images 15 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. <\/a><\/p>\n

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Where is it?<\/p>\n

The ELT is being built in Chile’s Cerro Armazones, a mountaintop in the Atacama desert.<\/p>\n

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A photo showing the roof being raised on the ELT. (Image credit: ESO\/CHEPOX)Why is it amazing?<\/p>\n

In April 2025, <\/a>crews at the ELT celebrated the telescope’s topping-out or roofing ceremony, as the roof was raised over the dome of the telescope. Flags from both the ESO and Chile were placed on the scaffolding over the roof.<\/p>\n

In Chilean tradition, this ceremony is known as Tijerales, and was celebrated on April 16, 2025 with a traditional barbeque for the crew. The ceremony was also livestreamed to ESO’s headquarters in Garching, Germany, bringing together an international community excited about the future of astronomy.<\/p>\n

Want to learn more?<\/p>\n

You can read more about the Extremely Large Telescope<\/a> and other telescopes in Chile. <\/a><\/p>\n

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