21st April Lecture: The largest Telescope on Earth – From 1 Inch to 40 Meters
Since the telescope was invented about 400 years ago, they grew in size considerably to adapt with advances in astronomy. In this presentation Dr Jurgen Schmoll gives a historical overview of world’s largest telescopes of the past before looking into current projects which include the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).…