Conférence : L'observatoire Européen Austral concepteur et maître d'oeuvre d'un Télescope Extrêmement Large

By Michèle Gerbaldi, a retired professor and researcher from the University of Paris-Sud, who spent her entire career at the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris. The European Southern Observatory is the designer and project manager of a giant telescope installed in Chile. Why build giant telescopes? What are their objectives: the nature of exoplanet atmospheres, star formation, etc.