Jeremiah Horrocks Lecture: The Extremely Large Telescope-The Biggest Eye on the Sky

Speaker: Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, UK Astronomy Technology Centre The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is the world’s most ambitious ground-based optical-infrared astronomical facility. When it achieves first light in 2028 the sensitivity and spatial resolution provided by its 39m diameter primary mirror will dwarf those of existing facilities. In this talk I Read More …