I saw parts of the Extremely Large Telescope getting built

AD | Go to https://ground.news/drbecky to stay fully informed with the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off the Vantage plan through my link for unlimited access | Building the 39m wide extremely large telescope in the Chilean desert is no easy feat. Getting it to actually work is even harder! So I’ve come to the Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory in Garching, for a behind-the-scenes sneak peak at the machinery that will allow the ELT to capture spectacular images of our night sky and make the next generation of astrophysics research possible... Papers mentioned: Dalcanton et al. (2009) - https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... 00:00 - Introduction 02:58 - I - ELT’s Segment Manipulator 09:22 - II - ELT’s Phasing and Diagnostic Station 13:13 - III - ELT’s Super Camera MICADO 18:15 - IV - How engineering projects come to life 22:58 - Bloopers Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV Video edited by Martino Gasparrini: martino.freelance@gmail.com Video produced by Marina Hui & Dr Becky Smethurst --- 📚 My book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://lnk.to/DrBecky --- 👕 My merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): https://dr-becky.teemill.com/ --- 🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive --- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! --- 👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars. http://drbecky.uk.com