The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the world’s largest visible and infrared telescope - when completed, this new eye on the sky will open up new windows onto the universe and see things we can’t yet imagine.

[@ganardian6224]

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[@Chris.Davies]

When will we see the FHT?
Asking for a friend.

[@cuppadan]

Can't wait to see what this monster shows us!!

[@donaldbelobraydic9996]

You got that right. I wonder just what they will allow us to look at. My guess though is just more of the same. Pretty pictures and a bunch of

[@fieldlab4]

Let's hope it was done in cooperation with indigenous people and the total inception to grave lifecycle of the facility is sustainable and and has zero impact.

[@piotrgabriel7282]

Will it be possible to observe human traces on the moon and the equipment left there with this telescope?

[@SciTechUK]

Unfortunately no, the telescope would be overwhelmed by the albedo of the lunar surface.
The ELT's adaptive optics system relies on natural or artificial guide stars, which would not work in the case of trying to image the lunar surface as the surface is very bright: elt.eso.org/about/faq/#question_27

[@matthewrowell8518]

Think I heard somewhere else discussing this beast that it would be able to get as clear as a pixel every 10 meters as well. That number might be slightly off but I feel people have a misconception about the closeness of the moon.
On the place side we have had many orbiters give us amazing photos of the landing sites and rover tracks

[@Chris.Davies]

No need! We have a ton of images of the Apollo landing sites taken by the LRO - the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
And yes, you can see where the experiments are, and the paths the astronauts walked, and the tracks of the rovers they drove.
And yes, you can match up the film footage from the surface, with the photos of each landing site.
And yes, we have 390kg of Apollo lunar rock and soil samples, split into more than 30,000 samples, which have been examined by over 500,000 geologists, and all of them agree on the exclusively lunar source of this material.

[@matthewrowell8518]

@@Chris.Davies look out mate. Too many facts in your post. The uneducated will be after you with their opinions on stuff they know little about

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[@johnwhorfin5150]

ya dont need a telescope to see whats goin on...india .hey space prgram.millions starving.us space program millions starving.russia,space program etc ok you got it.we vcould save the planet with this expenditure