Joint Astrophysical Colloquium
Progress on the Construction the ELT and its Instrumentation
Joel Vernet (ESO)
Thursday 27/11/2025 @ 11:30, Sala Antonio Sollima (IV piano Battiferro)
With its 39-m diameter primary mirror, the Extremely Large Telescope is the largest optical /infrared currently under construction at Cerro Armazones in the Chilean Atacama desert. At the foci of this revolutionary telescope, a comprehensive suite of versatile instruments designed to address a broad range of astrophysical questions is under development across many European institutes. In this talk, I will present an overview of the ELT project and show the latest progress on its construction. I will focus on some of the most difficult technical challenges we are facing to unleash the full potential of this giant eye on the sky.