Sky at Night 11th Sept

[DaveS]

On BBC 4 at 9.30pm, note: earlier than the usual 10pm.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock at the VLT in Chile.

[JeremyS]

Pretty good edition. But no Pete L!!!

[DaveS]

Yeaah, they said it was a "special" so devoted to the VLT with a brief mention of the E-ELT.

[saac]

Really enjoyable episode. I'd love to work at the Paranal Observatory , that would be a dream job, what an amazing place.

Jim 

[WolfieGlos]

Did anyone else look at all those cables, and think that we amateurs really have nothing to complain about 🤣

Brilliant episode, and as I work in structural steel, I can really appreciate how hard it must be to build the structure for the dome of the E-ELT. What a feat of engineering.

[saac]

10 hours ago, WolfieGlos said:

Did anyone else look at all those cables, and think that we amateurs really have nothing to complain about 🤣

Brilliant episode, and as I work in structural steel, I can really appreciate how hard it must be to build the structure for the dome of the E-ELT. What a feat of engineering.

I thought exactly the same -if the model shown in the animation is anything to go by it will look stunning just from an aesthetic point of view. 

Jim 

[Swoop1]

Best episode in ages. Right up my street.

[StarryEyed]

On 12/09/2023 at 23:47, WolfieGlos said:

🤣I can really appreciate how hard it must be to build the structure for the dome of the E-ELT. What a feat of engineering.

I watched it last night. Spectacular isn't it, particularly the aspect of using hydraulics to counter act the motion of earth quakes. There's as lot of concrete getting poured there. But a lattice girder will always make me sit up. Just seeing the scale of it made me go wow. What a job to work on. Have to find out who the engineers are.

No surprise it's Arups. Worked there years ago as a youngster. That would have been a dream project to be involved in.

 

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Edited September 18, 2023 by StarryEyed

[WolfieGlos]

4 hours ago, StarryEyed said:

I watched it last night. Spectacular isn't it, particularly the aspect of using hydraulics to counter act the motion of earth quakes. There's as lot of concrete getting poured there. But a lattice girder will always make me sit up. Just seeing the scale of it made me go wow. What a job to work on. Have to find out who the engineers are.

No surprise it's Arups. Worked there years ago as a youngster. That would have been a dream project to be involved in.

 

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https://elt.eso.org/about/webcams/

Ah, that doesn't surprise me either that it's Arups, but then I didn't realise they worked in South America.

I've worked with them a few times over the years, always one of the better firms to work for....but they weren't projects anywhere near this scale or grandjuer! But yeah, it would have been a dream project.

[StarryEyed]

Think it's out off Germany. Not clear though.

 

https://www.arup.com/projects/european-extremely-large-telescope-enclosure

Edited September 18, 2023 by StarryEyed