World’s Largest Telescope

06-20-2012 | Astronomy

The world’s largest telescope is slated for completion by 2020 and will be placed on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile.  Its 40 metre-wide mirror made up of almost 800 hexagonal segments definitely warrants it the title of the world’s largest optical telescope.  The €10 billion instrument will be built by The European Southern Observatory and will be capable of directly imaging large exoplanets.

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