EURO 50
EURO-50 is a preliminary study for a large telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) with a planned mirror diameter of 50 meters.
As a result of the specific planning of several mirror telescopes with a primary mirror diameter of more than 20 m, such as the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT, 21 m), the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and the Large-Aperture Mirror Array (LAMA), the European Southern Observatory decided to do preliminary planning in 2005 for a telescope with a mirror diameter of 50 m.
Together with a preliminary study for a 100 m telescope, the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL), Euro-50 was postponed in favor of a more rapidly realizable 40 m telescope, the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
Web links
- Homepage of Euro-50 ( Memento from July 26th 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ESO press release 25/06
- ESO press release 46/06