The Biggest Telescope in the World is Half Built By Nancy_A
This image, taken in late June 2023, shows a drone shot of the construction site of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones, in Chile’s Atacama Desert. There, engineers and construction workers are currently assembling the structure of the telescope dome at a staggering pace. Visibly changing each day, the steel structure will soon acquire the familiar round shape typical of telescope domes.
The telescope mirrors and other components are being built by companies in Europe. ESO said that all other systems needed to complete the ELT, including the control system and the equipment needed to assemble and commission the telescope, are also progressing well in their development or production.are in their final design phase with some about to start manufacturing, and most of the support infrastructure for the ELT is now in place at or near Cerro Armazones.
ESO expects that the finishing the remaining 50% of the project will take much less time than building the first half of the ELT. The design was still being finalized when construction began and other parts of the telescope needed to undergo testing. Also, construction was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the site closing for several months and production of many of the telescope components suffering delays.
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