Should the James Webb Space Telescope Be Worried? | The Upcoming Extremely Large Telescope

[@tmochie]

I can't wait for our future generations to have their own Ultra Mega Ginormously Huge Space Telescope

[@nadahere]

All telescopes will be displaced by our low cost [$5MM], compact telescope with a broad field magnification from 10X to continent resolution/discernability at 100 light year distance. Similar performance on the obverse side with table top sized microscopes where even the interior of the nucleus will be viewable. Path to atomic scale electronics manufacturing with real time defect removal for perfect outcomes each and every time..

[@hopentethking1966]

I can’t wait for the day we visit the places in the galaxy that we see on the Ultra Mega Ginormously Huge Space Telescope….sadly it will be my future generations that see it

[@zimbabwe_twinnedwithanfield]

@@hopentethking1966 even they won't see them bro. The distance is too great and our life span is too short for those distances

[@girabbit]

Ah, the UMGHST

[@abelsoo5465]

Just call it the Death Star Space Telescope.

[@trs3580]

The Extremely Large Telescope, what a great name for a extremely large telescope

[@wwoods66]

You don't think it's too obvious, like naming a large group of radiotelescopes the Very Large Array? Also, what are they going to call the next one that's bigger? Humongous, ginormous?

[@mortified776]

We need to think ahead. Very Large Telescope Extremely Large Telescope Absolutely Huge Telescope Utterly Colossal Telescope Incomprehensibly Immense Telescope The Planet Is Now A Telescope

[@Quickshot0]

@Odd Person They already know, it was actually already proposed but then not done for now for being to expensive. But that proposal was called the OverWhelmingly Large telescope, or OWL for short. Admittedly I'm not sure where you go from there and be nearly as clever. But that's a problem for the second half of the 21st century.

[@Quickshot0]

@Robert Koch! Actually that does sound like it could be a good place?

[@amartinez97]

@Robert Koch! ETF's on fridays sounds like the move to me 😎

"Should the James Webb Space Telescope be worried?" No. It's a telescope.

[@anatomicallymodernhuman5175]

Right. It’s not capable of worry. So it has nothing to worry about.

[@simonvillarrubia]

@@anatomicallymodernhuman5175 Yes... that is a non-living thing so there is no possibility of that for sure. That's at least what I do think... Otherwise I would be worried. Won't you?

[@eagledee7753]

I bet a lot of people, just like me, has open the link to the video and went straight to the comment section to check whether or not somebody has stated this...

[@misterflibble6601]

Should Teófilo de Jesús be worried? Yes. He doesn't understand Astrum is using a rhetorical question as a reason to talk about the ELT and the JWT.🤦‍♂️

[@misterflibble6601]

@@anatomicallymodernhuman5175 Stop being so literal

[@derangius]

When scientists use the world "extremely" you know it is serious

[@grommeuleur1648]

It should be noted that the initial project, called OWL, was to have a primary mirror 100 meters in diameter. (about 328 feet)... 🤣 In view of the costs and risks, the project has been revised "much smaller".....

[@richardmercer2337]

Scientists regularly work with or theorize about the extremely large, extremely small, extremely short, and extremely long. Yawn.....Just another day at the office...

[@derangius]

@@richardmercer2337 I didnt really need to know that you have no friends, Keep it to yourself next time

[@thepopeofkeke]

“We think”

[@derangius]

@@thepopeofkeke thats nice

[@loudermusic]

there's so much noise in the world right now, this channel brings much needed calm

[@debralucas2224]

You just put into words what I was thinking :)

[@daned8635]

Theres so much noise in space around the globe thanks to elon musk

[@Sada-mr8nh]

U guys should check SEA and Aperture, thank me later 🥰

[@Us3r739]

Winter storms, Elon and spaceX, sleepy joe

[@turnerburger]

@@Sada-mr8nh I love how SEA used to be a geometry dash youtuber lol

[@yokotapioka]

The Atacama desert is such a wonderful place, i wish that more people have the chance to admire such beautiful night sky. Greetings from Chile

[@MultiJunkie101]

And we're really grateful to Chile for allowing so much science to take place on their land. Many countries would have put red tapes

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

It’s lovely there, I’ve been a few times for rallies. Sleeping is not an option; under the night sky you’d feel as if you’re floating in space.

[@Krystalmyth]

@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 is that really how the sky looks there? Like truly? My brain can't believe it.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

@@Krystalmyth During the times when I was there, yes. I’ve never had to edit / enhance whatever photos I took. There are certain swaths of blue in shades you’d never quite find anywhere else. If you plan on making your way there someday, good luck!

[@slashusr]

A truly amazing country, Chile, and the alto plano is breathtaking (ha!) I went for the scenery, stayed for the Li2CO3...

[@Aviator27J]

It's unfair to compare the VLT, ELT, and other ground-based telescopes with the HST or JWST. They have different missions, varying light spectrum targets, viewing abilities (a reason the JWST is going to loiter in a LaGrange point), etc. There are more reasons to be excited about all of these telescopes than reasons to place one over the others!

[@Hummmminify]

I agree. I just know that we are going to find something amazing.

[@artdonovandesign]

Agreed. I love the fact that so many telescopes are being built. It indicates a true Renaissance in Astronomy!

[@heavypen]

Thank you for making this point. This is one area where science reigns supreme. No arguments.

[@rimckd825]

I think that the JWST will ultimately die in its lagrange orbil due to nonserviceability.

[@aemrt5745]

@@rimckd825 That is by design. They anticipate a minimum of a 5 year mission. Making it serviceable did not make engineering sense.

[@mountaingoat2866]

Absolutely baffling, this has got to be one of the greatest and most exciting pieces of technology in human history. Can't wait to see what it captures

[@HeavyMetals1969]

Once all these great observatories are online, I would love to see them all point to the same location, and do a multi perspective analysis.

[@fisterB]

Earth will move swiftly in its orbit to a location making the distance between those telescopes insignificant.

[@ZeroSpawn]

Well I think the JWST Images will contain more matter due to the ability to do an infinite exposure shot and ELT would contain beautiful foreground but less matter.

[@juicygranolabar]

2035: Big Ass Telescope.

[@WeedShaggy]

2069: Extra Thicc Telescope

[@rohanmukherjee6170]

@Gerko 2069 ? I see what you did there...

[@masterimbecile]

2079: Large AF Telescope

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

@@masterimbecile 2092: The Kardashian Telescope.

[@mugenjoyer-j9l]

2098: The megachonk telescope

[@parkershaw8529]

I was devastated when they reduced the primary mirror from 42m to 39m, the machine build to answer the question of the meaning of the universe, life and everything else NEEDS to be 42 meters.

[@rdallas81]

Read the bible to know all things. That is the way, the truth and the life.

[@abhinavhimself]

I Love How They Named It Extremely Large Telescope Instead Of Some Scientific Gibberish

[@magicalmagicmagician5223]

"Why name it something complicated when you can name it something simple that states it's purpose" -some philosopher probably

[@refindoazhar1507]

One day we'll have super ultra gigantic telescope

[@flipflop4396]

James Webb isnt even in function yet...

[@LowdownBoy]

@@flipflop4396 Your comment isn't pertinent to the above post.

[@LowdownBoy]

@@flipflop4396 Please, if you're thumbing-up yourself, get help.

[@95TurboSol]

This is the stuff that gets me excited, screw all the political nonsense blasted out in media everyday

[@DerkMiester]

Hear, hear!

[@Lunar_Capital]

YES, PREACH.

[@Earthneedsado-over177]

You don't think politics is involved in building this telescope? Is it possible to walk and chew gum at the same time.

[@logicplague]

@@Earthneedsado-over177 It's possible to text and drive, doesn't mean it's a good idea to mix the two.

[@95TurboSol]

@@Earthneedsado-over177 No I mean I rather hear about science than the braindead political nonsense

[@stevenirby5576]

I literally said "Wow" out loud when they showed it next to the Colosseum and stadium.

[@ValensBellator]

For everyone guessing about future names in the comments, this project actually resulted from the cancellation of the original they had named “Overwhelmingly Large Telescope” 😂

[@adamqazsedc]

Shortened, OWL-T!

[@claires9100]

Really? Or is that a joke?

[@adamqazsedc]

I think it was cancelled because the cost got too high (even though the same thing is practically happening with JWST..)

[@dan.documents]

@@adamqazsedc no it was cancelled because it would've been an engineering nightmare and too complicated to build, so they scaled it down a bit

[@SoumyadeepBanerjee007]

The Extremely Large Telescope is an engineering marvel!

[@vomm]

I am still waiting for the Hyper Mega Large Telescope

[@caseyreimerchwk]

@@vomm YES! As well as the Extra Super Hyper Mega Very Large Telescope Squared! ........

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

@Casey Reimer Fool ! This is nothing compared to the Extra Super Hyper Mega Very Large Telescope Squared *Plus One !!!* Mwa hahahahaaaa !!!! And dare I even propose the _Big Telescope Over 9000_ !!!

[@caseyreimerchwk]

@@nicholasleclerc1583 DAMNIT! You win! lol

[@Opti-Mystic]

ELT, the Extremely Large Telescope, sounds like a New Zealander named it... next, the BTET, the Bigger Than Ever Telescope then, the WWABT, the Wow, What A Big Telescope then, the FMSTHT, the Fuk Me Sideways!, That's Huge Telescope See, here in new zealand we like to keep it real. Our northern island is re-named North Island, and our southern island is re-named South Island (thanks to the colonial geniuses who couldn't handle the original names)

[@WillBilliam]

The zoom in to Sagittarius was trippy as hell. I know Sag is gargantuan, but it looks so tiny at that scale

[@blink182bfsftw]

Everyone needs to find it on Space Engine. The scale blows the mind

[@alekosalekadis6095]

And more trippy that zooms and zooms and reveals more and more stars billions that seems packed together but the funny part is they never touch each other cause they separate them hundreds of light years.

[@danieljensen2626]

Sag A* is big but space is MUCH bigger.

[@robertflores7819]

It actually made me a little dizzy.

[@reiillyy]

These videos although I've only watched you for a couple of days... It amazes me everyday.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

I really love how land-based telescopes are often named in such a utilitarian fashion. I can only assume that someone has at least considered naming something the "Really Big Telescope" at one point.

[@BKB788]

I think the best part of the JWT is that it has gold plates mirrors enabling it to see into the infared spectrum and it will allow us to get a glimpse back into time.

[@RedXenos]

Yea the other ones will be cool for their purposes but they definitely won't replace JWT in terms of infrared and imaging extremely old things. Just not possible to do from earth

[@Escatonic]

Comparing this to the James Webb is silly. They're designed for very different purposes. In the context of cars it's like comparing a rally car with a drag racing car. The James Webb is designed for long wavelength viewing, which the ELT isn't equipped to do due to the atmosphere. On the other hand, as for being a light bucket the ELT would be very hard to beat.

[@Gajsu1]

At least someone understands thar JWST is an infraded telescope, while ELT is VIS

[@jorgepeterbarton]

And this has to account for weather, pigeon poop, and starlink trails

[@ericeaton2386]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I wasn't fond of the somewhat dismissive tone directed at the James Webb. They're just completely different missions. The JWST will be able to detect objects completely inaccessible to the ELT, and vice versa.

[@bigsmall246]

@@jorgepeterbarton starlink is the worst thing to happen to astronomy ever. I hope it remains the worst thing for many decades to come (i.e. I hope no more morons decide it's a good idea to flood space with useless satellites to increase the chances of Kessler syndrome coming true)

[@UD503J]

@@bigsmall246 Just wait. Amazon's (Kuiper) and OneWeb satellites are also coming, and will have similar fleet sizes and orbits (low, fast crossing, grid-like patterns, etc.) We've only begun to see the disruptive effects on ground-based observing.

[@MG-er6dm]

True, the ELT is important, as is the VLT. But they'll never surpass a tasty BLT. 🍔

[@skyhiker9669]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@dunneincrewgear]

Washed down with a GNT...

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

The Barely Large Telescope

[@iplayksplol9974]

a bitchy little telescope doesn't sound tasty

[@themastorparty]

What about the ELO?

[@NurseVO]

Hey Alex, I'm glad to see that your channel grew to become so successful over the years. Unsure if you remember who I am, but I helped voice one of your first videos way back in 2014 under the name HumbleBee. I went on to study Nursing, but I kept up with doing voice-overs and eventually returned to KZbin for fun. I just wanted to say that it was a pleasure working with you and I'm glad I found your channel again. Keep up the good work!

[@astrumspace]

Wow hello! Back when I was still under 1000 subs still I think? Cool to see you around :)

[@NurseVO]

@@astrumspace Haha yes! Hello again. My, have you grown. I was unsure if you'd even see this message among the hundreds of comments, so I left you an email. Glad to see you thriving, my friend.

[@HiAdrian]

Nice! :)

[@deathnote4171]

@@astrumspace sir kindly make a video on Will Starlink company kill astronomy research and study

[@cristinaf3844]

This video is beautiful. The visuals, cinematography, sound design, on top of the educational aspect.

[@hrishavranjan4797]

the voice as well

[@davecsaszarable]

Excellent video! Your excitement is palpable in it

[@cg2383]

You know where there is a lot less atmosphere to get in the way? The moon! I hope we put a telescope there and I see the pictures b4 I leave this plane.

[@MultiJunkie101]

I think it'd be better to just put em in space

[@lazypotato6743]

@@MultiJunkie101 or we could put one on the far side of the moon

[@MultiJunkie101]

@@lazypotato6743 Maybe. But probably not in our lifetimes atleast

[@tomblount5635]

There has to be a good reason why we are not utilizing the moon for space exploration. The cost would be a fraction of what it is to operate from Earth

[@NavidIsANoob]

@@tomblount5635 Building a fat telescope on the moon would cost a gargantuan amount of money no one can afford, apparently.

[@danielblanco208]

Still waiting for the Humongously Large Telescope.

[@123TeeMee]

I'm waiting for the extra thicc telescope when the people deciding the names are gen Z

[@paulgibbon5991]

The Dirty Great Telescope?

[@kylodon]

..and then followed by the Astronomically Large Telescope

[@mahadaalvi]

@@123TeeMee Can’t wait for the Thicc AF!!! Telescope

[@mg4361]

there was an actual proposal for an Overwhelmingly Large Telescope OWL-T

[@MIRO532k]

16:00 No buddy, you earned my subscription on the very first video of yours that I stumbled on.

[@artdonovandesign]

Dear Alex, Your segment about the ELT is the most interesting, informative and truly exciting video I've seen yet. What a great script and narration! You hit every single point and question I've had about the ELT. Thank you for your great and professional work. Yours Truly, Art

[@nangephriam1211]

After watching this great video, Atacama desert is in my travelling bucket list. It is the only interesting desert to visit and actually have a good convincing reason why I should go there.

[@DavyRo]

I've visited 19 countries up to now all in the Northern hemisphere, Chile will be my 1st destination into the Southern hemisphere definitely.

[@masterbrainscience4382]

"The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." ~ Isaac Newton

[@florianbappler7242]

Your videos have become absolutely professional documentaries, kudos! Btw, where will ELT get its energy from up there? Guess a couple of AA batteries won't be enough.

[@pedropierrethebandit]

I really enjoy this channel. Alex explains the complex and makes it accessible and enjoyable.

[@djulik78]

Thanks for this great video and for promoting the awesomeness of what we astronomers do or intend to do. At 2:20 : "when they work together, they can achieve exceptionally high angular resolution". This is true but then this is incorrect: ", or in other words they can see details 25 times fainter...". It should be "finer" not "fainter". When they work together coherently to make interference fringes, they do see finer details but they do not see fainter ones as (because of the number of optical elements to recombine their beams) they rather loose in sensitivity. This is the VLTI. When the light is combined incoherently (no fringes, big fiber optics) as for the ESPRESSO instrument, then they can achieve a higher sensitivity, see fainter. However the instrument then does not see finer details. With respect to the JWST, I also like better then end of the video when you talk about ELT and JWST as complementary ("work in tandem") rather than in competition. They are really complementary in fact, in many ways. Finally there is another very very minor comment: the "twinkling of a star" is the product of atmospheric variations in intensity (not in phase). As a result, it's not really correct to talk about the wobbling of the star in the presence of turbulence, which would be phase disturbances, the ones that big telescopes must really correct with adaptive optics to recover their optics' spatial resolution. This is way too much information for an outreach video and it's definitely not easy to bring those concept to the public. Also, intensity variations originate from phase variations too and are linked ;)

[@vel5094]

As someone who lives in a city, It would be nice to go on a huge clearing and look at the star covered skies.

[@JM-mr3sc]

There is a huge difference (country - town) I prefer the stars

[@marccotter2726]

I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and the stars are so thick they sometimes look like clouds in the night sky. Quite amazing!

[@and__lam1152]

Take mushrooms. Enjoy the high .... then step out for some stargazing after and feel the love, the majesty and all the wonder.

[@GhostofReason]

We need more Dark Sky initiative cities

[@philippwalder4328]

I live in a small village in Austria and when the Illumnination from the moon is minimal I always go to my favourite spot on a mountain pass to take some photos. It‘s amazing I can tell you that and I‘d never want to live somewhere else :)

[@ruanhuman]

Fantastic video, thank you Astrum you always deliver top quality. Fingers crossed that these projects arrive on time!

[@sanamrizvi8976]

Thanks for info about ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Looking forward to the launch of the James Webb Telescope in October 2021.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

I think you mean October 2121 😔

[@ZeroSpawn]

Come on now. we are launching December 2021. My booty cheeks are crossed! 🤞

[@njm3211]

Can't wait for this masterpiece!!!! Hopefully JWST will come on line soon and will be some consolation during the wait.

[@scottbravo3]

The James web won’t ever see anything because apparently it was just meant to sit in a hangar somewhere like a statue and NEVER launch.

[@steveswoodworking2504]

I've noticed this same issue. Will it launch, or go directly to a museum? The launch is always right around the corner. Kind of like waiting for Avatar 2.

[@221b-l3t]

@@steveswoodworking2504 It's finally going up. Let's see if it deploys correctly...

[@brandononeil6764]

I heard it’s star bound in October 2021.

[@steveswoodworking2504]

@@221b-l3t I hope it goes up this year (and not more delays), and I really hope all goes well. I'd love to see that working!

[@221b-l3t]

@@steveswoodworking2504 I'm a little nervous about the Ariane 5. Yes it has a good track record but not the best. It recently failed and only made orbit because they refused to trigger the FTS. It went 26° off course and flew over land it shouldn't have. The stallites had the fuel to make it into the proper orbit but not ideal...

[@bengsynthmusic]

13:40 I don't know why but this animation takes up a huge portion of my pondering brain. So many galaxies, so many frontiers. Just...existing. A lot of which probably unoccupied. Imagine the time it would take us to conquer our own galaxy. Then starting all over again with Andromeda. Then 3 or more galaxies, the local group, a cluster, a super cluster...etc. Then 2 trillion galaxies. Each person on Earth now could have 250 galaxies. And we still don't know how big the universe really is. We're so minuscule. Even super advanced aliens.

[@paulgibbon5991]

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." --Oscar Wilde

[@cullyx2913]

❤️

[@debralucas2224]

👍

[@robertmcgivern565]

If only extremely large, extremely expensive telescopes could peer inside the enormous infinite black holes they apparently created themselves here on Taxpayer Earth. .

[@-M0LE]

Oscar Wilde was rich and not in the gutter like a lot of ppl But I do get the saying

[@LeofromFreo]

@@-M0LE you should read one of the biographies about him, Mole.

[@vtechk]

You fight with the Lock Picking Lawyer for the most calming voice prize.

[@SirShanova]

@Pamfman me too!

[@frankjose2231]

Is it Sulu from Star Trek ?

[@ryanamberger]

DIY Perks? #1 for me.

[@baldguyadventure]

Well I have one you must check out! Obsidian Ant here on YT. You’re welcome.

[@andrewboyle3770]

Check out Peter draws

[@laudbentil8184]

We've waited for the James Webb and Vera C. Rubin observatory, 4years for ELT, hehe

[@smileynotsosmiley]

the amount of work and precision that goes into a project like this is unfathomable, some points raised just about location and vibration i have never even thought about, im so happy we have people smart enough to push the limits in my lifetime

[@houstoner]

JWST has nothing to worry about. This behemoth still has to contend with the atmosphere. But it is going to be just as awesome to see this thing go live too!

[@296jacqi]

Your voice is so soothing to me. The combination of that and space stuff is heavenly to me and I 😴 on second listen. Keep up the great work!

[@bernieschmidt]

Science and Engineering show the better side of humans.

[@tryingmybest206]

Science and Engineering also develop weapons of mass destruction

[@bcc91]

@@tryingmybest206 what he said did not necessarily exclude the dark side of it all, but you had to come here and remember us that most humans are just stupid. Thank you for neutralising the nice and simple message that @bernie left here.

[@Thetrinitytruckbutcher]

@@bcc91 he was just stating a fact

[@bcc91]

@@Thetrinitytruckbutcher I know. A fact that we could forget for a while. This takes out my sanity, very honestly.

[@and__lam1152]

Spirituality and emotions show the better side of humanity

[@mukesh4169]

There’s only one word I would use to describe your presentation: Hypnotic!

[@pogodanaprzygode]

We live in interesting times. I can't wait to see the first space photos from ELT.

[@Bob3D2000]

Having grown up on a diet of incredible imagery from the HST, the complementary combination of the ELT and JWST is an exciting prospect.

[@ln5321]

They're not exactly winning any awards for creative names for these telescopes, but the telescopes themselves are amazing.

[@edjavas]

There's a telescope naming award? How can I participate?

[@dr.a006]

I would’ve called it Extra-Extremely Super Large Telescope Monstrosity Extravaganza.

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

Yeah they could do better. the people that name telescopes work in the same field that came up with name MU69 for an asteroid

[@zdlax]

It's called Porky. That's its name now.

[@scotth6814]

How about Godzilla's monocle?

[@gwwayner]

How lucky I am to live in a time when some questions about the universe and existence have some answers. Science is all about pursuit of truth.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

Im so f.. pumped about this time. There is a good chance, that we wil see several other universes cold prints in the background radiation from the big expansion.

[@matsgranqvist9928]

Although most answers spark further questions

[@StayCalmPlease]

@@matsgranqvist9928 True but it would be pretty boring and lackluster if it weren't for that

[@triplikeido75]

..and yet, the vast majority of people couldn't care less or give half a damn about any of it. Exciting and depressing.

[@gwwayner]

@@triplikeido75 So true. We are too busy re-arranging the chairs on this earthly Titanic.

[@tangarz5357]

I’m so happy, space nerds are still doing there thing

[@rawdeluxe]

Their*

[@tangarz5357]

@@rawdeluxe Oh, thank god you corrected me.

[@channelname4331]

@@tangarz5357 edit your original comment then

[@Petitmoi74]

@@tangarz5357 Do it. ~Palpatine, probably...

[@slashusr]

Still the gold standard for calm, measured, and informative explication of the universe around us -- and how we are slowly, slowly peeling back the layers of mystery shrouding its secrets. I love this channel!

[@my2centsiz3]

To think this could of been even better, but they had to cut costs to pay a firm to come up with the name? Extremely Large Telescope. That will be 2.3 million thank you.

[@BezBog]

Astrum makes the most comprehensive and comprehensible space content on the web in a relaxed and positive style!

[@SuperAntichicken]

I love your enthusiasm, it's infectious

[@nosh8172]

Love your vids. Am an fan of the universe since I was a kid

[@NMLSSneon]

And after this one: The OLT, Obscenely Large Telescope Then: GT, Gargantuan Telescope

[@WrathofArminius]

Then the Death Star.

[@Nilguiri]

The the JST, the Joke-Size Telescope.

[@navirandhawa81]

This is 1 of my favorite channel..everything is explained so well...Thank-you

[@px64]

Impressive presentation!. High quality content as always.

[@ziodres2212]

Thanks for the video. You should make one about the Giant Magellan Telescope as well. Cheers from Chile.

[@shamsudeenma1928]

This telescope mirror is larger than most large apartments. Like what??!?!

[@EricMalette]

Dude, this mirror has a greater surface area than most large houses

[@pg8220]

Larger than a large english house- about 42m2 :D

[@seriousman7747]

Khalifa B

[@andreasu.3546]

@@pg8220 Is it a two or a four bedroom mirror?

[@SickPrid3]

I hate it when someone uses such abstract scale instead of banana

[@bluebaconjake405]

8:50 was expecting them to deal with the wobble using AI or digital manipulation. But no, just make artificial stars with lasers and warp the mirror using kabujillions of actuators. This project is so insane!

[@HallidayPickard]

great informative video that was kept interesting throughout! thanks!

[@AlexTh3Gr8]

What I love about Alex is how he talks like he is smiling at the same time, and its more infectious than Covid-19 :)

[@thirdeye4654]

You would probably like Brian Cox, well known physicist and science communicator. :)

[@YraelBlackwing]

15:08 beautiful, all those orbits and the star getting torn apart

[@גבריאלפאלקאו]

After the VLT and ELT, comes the FLT (f***inly large telescope)

[@cathedraldarkness]

And after that, the LLT: Ludicrously Large Telescope. It will be decorated in plaid.

[@captc0ck5lap60]

"We know of at least 40 stars that orbit the super massive black hole" Well yes, but since _all_ the stars in our galaxy orbit Sagittarius A*, this is a bit like saying the dinosaurs died out over 5 years ago.

[@TheEvox81]

Oh... Pedantry in the KZbin comment section... How novel.

[@nullvid]

Wow. You must be fun all the time. Not just at parties.

[@bobcurrie1642]

There are several JCT's in the works now too (Just Compensating Telescope). They aren't as big but are much more expensive and flashy.

[@nutzeeer]

if all of humanity could just come together and do science that would be nice

[@SMGJohn]

In a world that runs on a system driven purely on profit motive, you are lucky you have any science at all. Considering Soviet Union poured three times the resources into their space program than NASA did and built enough rockets for 7 N1 Moon rockets to be assembled when NASA could only manage 2. Soviet Union was also a major leader in Fusion research something thats crawling at an ant speed right now. After all, science has to rely on PUBLIC funding and state sponsorship.

[@rohanmukherjee6170]

@SMGJohn I agree very true

[@thewildcardperson]

@@SMGJohn but all the useful applications came after from the private industry cell phones, computers, smaller circuits,

[@lazypotato6743]

We would die of starvation if farmers leave and come

[@SMGJohn]

@@thewildcardperson Everything you just stated were invented by the public sector LOL....

[@bodek]

i love that one of the most scientifically advanced things ever to be built by humans will be called extremly large telescope.. i just love that the smartest people in the world come up with such names

[@amna6842]

Its better then naming it **random letters and numbers** like basically everything else in astronomy

[@prize9550]

@@amna6842 those numbers and letters have meaning, you know

[@CountScarlioni]

It's just a shame there wasn't funding for the "Overwhelmingly Large Telescope" design. And no, it's not a joke, that really was the name of the project!

[@schmeegil2240]

@@CountScarlioni lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@schmeegil2240]

@@CountScarlioni are all scientists on the spectrum 😆

[@user-io3xp7qx4p]

0:30 answer: awesome

[@nathanalexanderguess25]

13:40 "A mysterious force pulling everything together and pushing everything apart"...? Seems Electric to me. 😉

[@billkalivas9750]

What, an electric universe?🙃

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Wonderful writing and reading. Thanks!

[@Eronimum]

I'm so excited for the first pictures of our center of the galaxy without dust obstruction. Just some four more years, yay!

[@namelastname4077]

Really? It will be able to see that?

[@alexpearson8481]

Actually your wait won’t be that long. James Webb will be able to see through the dust....... and it launches this October. It’s been a 30 year wait!

[@Eronimum]

@@alexpearson8481 I was not aware of that, now I'm even more excited for the Webb telescope launch! Thank you for telling me :)!

[@onehitpick9758]

I am really looking forward to what is going to be discovered with this.

[@wideawake914]

SFA. Sweet feck all.

[@moaben1007]

It'll discover nothing as they won't reveal anything

[@neerithedragon298]

They really whack it out of the park with the originality of their naming. Like the OWL telescope... Overwhelmingly large Telescope !

[@austincarter5205]

This is the first channel that i know of, that wantes to earn my sub instead of just asking or telling me todo it. This is a awsome channel.

[@robertjackson8883]

I'd like to see what an adaptive software program might be able to do with gravitationally lenses images. Imagine putting an image of a distant galaxy that's been distorted by gravitational lending back in focus.

[@fredi9204]

Ok, I'm hyped.

[@thecrazylooser7]

Ground telescope exists. Starlink's albedo: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@NoIce33]

Just wait until they begin to collide.

[@BillKermanKSP]

They are working on reducing the albedo, but it will still be annoying and a real problem for professional observatories, I hope there will be a point where they are basically invisible.

[@quantumx9729]

@@NoIce33 dont they have collision avoidance systems?

[@BlackWolf42-]

to which man are you referring?

[@Tids_]

One of the best channels I've stumbled across in a long long time. Thank you for this content Alex!

[@jimgraham6722]

Thanks for this summary, I am sure ELT and JWT will be providing us many amazing discoveries over next decade or so.

[@cristobalazocar3289]

From Chile, to space, with love :)

[@deathnote4171]

Keep doing great works ❤❤❤❤

[@garvitgoyal5236]

I am your channel's big fan. Love from India.

[@thefoolsfavorite]

I just love how some names are so "creative"

[@amendmentavenger6182]

Impressive & Ambitious Telescope. Equally Impressive Video. Thanks Astrum!!!

[@a59x]

Imagine the progress we'd have by now if we spent all the useless money on war and weapons on space discovery instead.

[@veryunusual126]

man, shut up how about NOT wasting it on welfare recipients???? a strong military is important, useless wars aren't

[@pudge9985]

@@veryunusual126 military is important because humans have become corrupt.

[@loudermusic]

@@veryunusual126 you are such a silly creature

[@veryunusual126]

@@loudermusic why

[@loudermusic]

@@veryunusual126 you don't understand basic economics

[@christophertough]

More welsh landmarks for size comparison please.

[@astrumspace]

I didn't have a Principality Stadium graphic 😫

[@noelf9791]

13:31 The last thing it will investigate further is the Borg

[@Badd.G]

James Webb be like: "damn bruhh I aint even launched yet, you already looking to replace me ?"

[@LawsForever]

and if launch is further postponed the way we had it since years, the ELT will gather images already while JWT is still on it's way to space

[@laserkid9759]

@@LawsForever launch is october 31, 2021

[@LawsForever]

@@laserkid9759 so they say... they promised launch dates many times before

[@briandiehl9257]

@@laserkid9759 Nope, it's already been posponed

[@kangirigungi]

One big advantage over JWST: much cheaper and repairable.

[@MentalParadox]

JWST is repairable. As was Hubble.

[@OnJahnem]

@@MentalParadox not possible. JWST is in a much farther orbit than Hubble’s. That farther orbit makes it nearly impossible to send astronauts to repair it should anything go wrong. JWST took so long to launch because we basically have one shot to get it right.

[@221b-l3t]

@@OnJahnem And because of that it wasn't even designed to be repaired. Conceivably you could if you had a spacecraft to get there but it would be very challenging. Doesn't even have a place for a robotic arm to grab... Better build LUVOIR instead.

[@rougelemon7587]

I'm surprised that you made a video on telescopes rather than something to do with Mars and the new rover that will be landing soon. Anyway, enjoyed the video... informative as always and keep up the good work!!

[@astrumspace]

This video took a lot longer to make than I had originally planned 😅

[@semmering1]

@@astrumspace Thank you Sir!!

[@randomname5585]

@@astrumspacedont sweat it, this was a nice breath of fresh air from mars news which has taken over virtually every other astronomy channel.

[@fredjohnson2360]

OK let's just cover the moon with gold foil and use that as the next "super duppa gigantic" telescope !

[@andreasu.3546]

Moon wouldn't only have to reflect light to work as a mirror for a telescope, it would also need to be the right shape. Better start grinding now.

[@hamidrana085]

@@andreasu.3546 So let's start digging the moon

[@andreasu.3546]

@@hamidrana085 Let's go, I'll bring a shovel.

[@chriswalth]

Jeez, is the zooming-in at 12:48 based on a real pic??? Sooo amazing!

[@teaburg]

I went to a VARK workshop, one day class, lunch provided. Had preconceived ideas when I went into it. Came away thinking I had many different styles of learning depending on the subject and my willingness. It was an eye opener for me and not at all what the class had intended me to understand. It turned out to be quite a valuable day for me. And if I really want to learn something,in some cases it might take different methods for me to understand. So I never give up. I keep trying and eventually all the methods come together and I get it.

[@Oveyz]

Alex, do you ever plan on releasing a sub-par video? Come on man, you set such high standards, give us all a break and do a bad one once in a while! xD Awesome as usual!! As a European I'm always happy to hear more about ESA/ESO!

[@astrumspace]

Honestly, I am especially proud of this video. It turned out really nicely :) Also love ESO and ESA, although ESA's media department is lacking! Thanks for the comment!

[@Oveyz]

@@astrumspace Right? I fully agree. For all that I say I like them and am European, it's still a NASA shirt I wear and a NASA pin on my bag. More than half the hype I have for ESA projects comes from your videos! If you're ever looking for a job in marketing I suppose you'll have your work cut out for yourself :-D Your channel is also coming up on theirs for subscriptions! You've come such a long way, it's amazing! Thanks for all your hard work, it's truly appreciated!

[@georgequalls5043]

“The JWST will launch this year.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@protorhinocerator142]

Been waiting over 15 years.

[@dalesajdak422]

It’s much closer to launch than it has been in the past, though. If not this year then next, but no farther I think.

[@georgequalls5043]

@@dalesajdak422 it’s all cardboard and tin foil.

[@dalesajdak422]

@@georgequalls5043 Nope. None of it is cardboard and tinfoil. It’s a nearly completely constructed functional space telescope.

[@limiv5272]

@@protorhinocerator142 You couldn't have been, the launch is 'only' 14 years behind

[@rockyraccoon8270]

We will see a gigantic bed and discover our whole universe is just a sort of a terrarium in some kids bedroom.