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Status of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Guy J. Monnet
Guy J. Monnet*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The European initiative for an Extremely Large Telescope is presented. During the past year the transition from the 100 m OWL concept to a 30 m to 42 m diameter telescope has been made. The history and the current status of this development is described.

Keywords

telescopes
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Highlights of Astronomy 14: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2006 , pp. 524 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007