CERRO ARMAZONES – CHILE, 2009 – 2014

Client: ESO European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

The E-ELT is a frontline scientific project which allows scientists to address many of the most pressing unsolved questions about the Universe.

render del telescopio eelt y el cielo nocturno, cortesía de ESO

ASDEA performed the seismic hazard study and developed a 3D seismic isolation system to protect the telescope.

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be the largest telescope-based astronomical observatory in the world featuring an optical near-infrared telescope, among other advanced features.

Selected references

The world’s biggest eye on the sky, ESO
E-ELT: Europe’s extreme new telescope, Euronews
European Extremely Large Telescope given go-ahead, Bbc
Repubblica.it: The beginning of E-ELT construction

render of the eelt telescope in the daytime, courtesy of ESO