Night time-lapse at the Extremely Large Telescope | ELT Updates

This time-lapse shows the dome of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert, from sunset on 3 April 2024 to sunrise the next day.
A multi-layered cladding is being installed over the dome’s steel skeleton - it will thermally insulate the telescope structure to protect it from the extreme desert environment and help regulate the air temperature. Over the telescope, the stunning night sky shows the Milky Way band and the Magellanic Clouds. Towards the end of the clip, the Moon rises in the east before a new day begins.
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Credit: B. Häußler/ESO
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[@nicholashernandez4367]

I remember when the mountain was flat with nothing built. Nice seeing the progress!

[@LouseGrouse]

I’m so excited for this telescope, I can’t wait.

[@HzHz]

What a wonderful sight. Thank you

[@colmb111]

A nice tease of what's to come? Great photography.

[@martinleroy3236]

Magnifique 😍

[@chicojcf]

What a fantastic location.

[@JamaicaWhiteMan]

Excellent, many thanks. Big up ESO. I'm very much looking forward to first-light.

[@bbbenj]

Amazing!

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Isto é fenomenal, um trabalho até parece que toca nas estrelas!! Um gigante primoroso numa execução rigorosa... debaixo das estrelas, para procurar em cima e mais além de estrelas pequenas, grandes, gigantes e outras surpresas no Cosmos!!

[@Suomi80Finnish]

What camera did you use?

[@kausm86]

This is amazing but please do this again on a moonless night.

[@MartyGrass-e2v]

Looking forward ELT full of excitment like JWST.

[@Petitmoi74]

The ELT webcams haven't been updated for a month, is there a reason ? I liked to follow the progress of the site.

[@ESOobservatory]

Hi! Due to a recent cyber incident we had to shut down our network to deploy security measures. Our IT team has brought back many of our services, but the webcams still remain offline. They are operated by an external company, and we’re working with them to find a solution so that their system is compliant with our requirements. We’re very happy to see so much interest in the construction of the ELT, and we’re working to bring the webcams back as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience!

[@Suomi80Finnish]

indescribable

[@carlospatricio777]

Un titán 👍👍👍

[@fornax333]

I wonder how long time the..."important system upgrade"...will take? The latest ELT-picture was taken 7 days ago. Hopefulle the update of the webcam pictures will start to work proper when the work is done, so far it has worked really poorly and slowly.

[@jorgemanuel9545]

When was a football field declared a metric number? I understand meters, never seen a football field...

[@failuretocommunicate]

But this must have music!

[@bobbymckenzie3202]

Obviously union....nothing got done