More on Siting the European Extremely Large Telescope
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Astrotech
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More information on the E-ELT and its planned location
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SkyandTelescope.com's Most Recent Articles Download time: May 3 2010 10:35 AM ET
Yesterday officials from the European Southern Observatory announced where they plan to build the E-ELT, short for European Extremely Large Telescope.
If I ever hope to visit it someday, I'd better get in shape.
The chosen location is the summit of Cerro Armazones, a remote hilltop on the high plateau of central Chile. Topping out at 10,020 feet (3,060 m), it's not nearly the highest perch for a professional observatory. Mauna Kea's summit, for example, is 13,796 feet (4,207 m) above sea level.
But these days telescope location is more about "attitude" than altitude.…
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