Giant telescope to study star secrets

Name: Giant telescope to study star secrets
Uploaded: 2012-06-12T13:05:31.000Z
Duration: 2 min
Description: Construction of world's biggest optical telescope has been approved by member states of the European Southern Observatory (Eso).

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Construction of world's biggest optical telescope has been approved by member states of the European Southern Observatory (Eso).

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will have a primary mirror some 40m in diameter, and will be built on top of a mountain in Chile.

Pallab Ghosh reports.

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12 June 2012