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Eyes on the sky
A roster of new and proposed telescopes
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| E-ELT | |
| Full name: | The European Extremely Large Telescope |
| Mirror: | 42 meters diameter |
| Timeline: | Projected to open in 2018 |
| Projected cost: | €1 billion |
| Basic mission: | largest ground-based optical/near-infrared telescope |
| Location: | Possible sites in Chile, Argentina, Canary Islands, Morocco |
| Online: | E-ELT Homepage - ESA |
