Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The asterisk is important. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. ■ More on the ELT: @ESOobservatory eso.org
The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. I was invited out there by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council and the European Southern Observatory, and I wasn't going to turn down a chance like that.
📰 DISCLAIMER
While the STFC and ESO invited me and arranged the logistics after arrival into the Antofagasta region, I was not paid for this (not even my travel costs) and I have sole editorial control over the video. This is not an advert.
👥 CREDITS
Editor: Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Script assistant: Laura Conlon
Audio mix: Graham Haerther and Manni Simon at Standard Studios
Thanks to Alex Fyans, Hannah Conduit, and William Taylor from STFC; to Francisco Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, and Michele Cirasuolo from ESO; and to everyone I met at Paranal!
🖼 IMAGE CREDITS
Images and footage from ESO is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 eso.org/public/outreach/copyright
First image of an explanet: eso.org/public/images/26a_big-vlt
Stars orbiting the supermassive black hole: eso.org/public/australia/videos/eso1825e
VLT light path: eso.org/public/videos/LightPath-VLT2021
VLTI delay lines: eso.org/public/videos/esocast13
ELT render: eso.org/public/images/elt-fulldome-1_cc
📽 PREVIOUS VIDEOS
Previously, in Arecibo: youtube.com/watch?v=d3WiRunOsWY
and in Parkes: youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw
🟥 MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
The asterisk is important. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. ■ More on the ELT: @ESOobservatory eso.org
The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. I was invited out there by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council and the European Southern Observatory, and I wasn't going to turn down a chance like that.
📰 DISCLAIMER
While the STFC and ESO invited me and arranged the logistics after arrival into the Antofagasta region, I was not paid for this (not even my travel costs) and I have sole editorial control over the video. This is not an advert.
👥 CREDITS
Editor: Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Script assistant: Laura Conlon
Audio mix: Graham Haerther and Manni Simon at Standard Studios
Thanks to Alex Fyans, Hannah Conduit, and William Taylor from STFC; to Francisco Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, and Michele Cirasuolo from ESO; and to everyone I met at Paranal!
🖼 IMAGE CREDITS
Images and footage from ESO is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 eso.org/public/outreach/copyright
First image of an explanet: eso.org/public/images/26a_big-vlt
Stars orbiting the supermassive black hole: eso.org/public/australia/videos/eso1825e
VLT light path: eso.org/public/videos/LightPath-VLT2021
VLTI delay lines: eso.org/public/videos/esocast13
ELT render: eso.org/public/images/elt-fulldome-1_cc
📽 PREVIOUS VIDEOS
Previously, in Arecibo: youtube.com/watch?v=d3WiRunOsWY
and in Parkes: youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw
🟥 MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
