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Asked by to Dave on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
Question: What is the biggest telescope you have ever used?
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Dave Jones answered on 19 Jun 2014:
The biggest telescope I have used myself is actually the telescope where I work sometimes. It’s called the VLT (Very Large Telescope) and has a mirror which is 8 meters across! You can see a few photos on my profile page and find more information here http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/
It’s really amazing!
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olitocher commented on :
Well named then 🙂
Dave commented on :
I think so! Yesterday they started preparing the site for the next big telescope. Now that the name Very Large Telescope has been taken, they had to debate what to call the new one – they’ve got with Extremely Large Telescope 🙂