The UK Role in the European Extremely Large Telescope
The European Southern Observatory is leading a detailed design phase for an Extremely Large telescope with a 42 metre diameter primary mirror.
Such a huge advance in telescope size and capability will have a major impact in a range of scientific areas. Particularly exciting possibilities are:
- being able to find and study planets around other stars
- examine the details of how planetary systems are formed by comparing the properties of disks around stars of different ages
- measurement of the spectra and velocities of individual stars in galaxies to determine the detailed formation history of those galaxies
- understanding better how the early Universe evolved through the study of the chemical abundances in the gaseous component of the high-redshift Universe
The UK ATC is coordinating the UK contributions to this, in collaboration with Industry and University Partners, with particular emphasis on instruments and adaptive optics systems.
For full information go to the E-ELT: UK Project Pages
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