The scale of the model is approximately 1:150, just the same as the E-ELT model, and the total cost of the parts is about 500–550 euros, depending on which instruments are included. The VLT requires exactly 3104 parts, all of which can - with some care and attention - be ordered from various LEGO ® providers through bricklink. Snik used the design tools ldraw and bricksmith to build his new model of the VLT, as he did for the E-ELT model. You may not be able to build your own full-size versions of these telescopes, but the models are a convincing, and much more practical, substitute - and they are an excellent way to understand how complex modern astronomical instruments work. Now ESO is building its big brother, the ELT, that will extend our reach even further into the heavens. One of the largest telescope facilities in the world, the VLT consists of four independent telescopes that can be operated together to make a very powerful facility. Following on from the success of that design (more than ten models have been built by enthusiastic individuals worldwide since it was published), Snik has now dedicated some of his spare time to designing a LEGO ® model of one of the Unit Telescopes that make up ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).įor almost 20 years now, the VLT has been amazing astronomers with its extraordinary capabilities. In 2014, Dutch astronomer Frans Snik designed a model of ESO’s European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) using LEGO ® components.
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