ESOcast: 70: Green Light for E-ELT Construction

The European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT for short, will be by far the largest optical and near-infrared telescope in the world. In early December 2014 the ESO Council gave the go-ahead for the first construction phase of the telescope.

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Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser and Luis Cal��ada.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.��
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Written by: Mathias J��ger, Herbert Zodet and Richard Hook.
Narration: Joe Liske (Dr. J).��
Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com).
Footage and photos: ESO, L. Cal��ada, M. Kornmesser, S. Rivera, ESA/Hubble, NOVA,��Instrument Consortia of METIS, MAORY and MICADO, HARMONI Instrument Consortium,��Theofanis N. Matsopoulos, C. Malin (christophmalin.com),��B. Tafreshi (twanight.org) and A. M. Swinbank and S. Zieleniewski.
Directed by: Herbert Zodet.��
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