On Thursday, European Southern Observatory (ESO) publicly announced that the world’s greatest telescope received first construction approval. It seems that the European Extremely Large Telescope will be ready by 2024. The new telescope will be about 100 meter high (328 feet) and it will be equipped with a light collecting area 39 meters (128 feet) wide. It will watch the skies atop of Cerro … [Read more...]
Lease For Land For Thirty Meter Telescope in Canada Approved By University of Hawaii
The world's largest optical telescope in the world projected, designed in Canada, has got a green signal from the University of Hawaii. This week the university approved a plan to lease the land of 5-acre for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the summit of Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii, the largest of the eight Hawaiian Islands. The university's Board of Regents’ vote was a near-unanimous … [Read more...]