Giant Magellan Telescope Project Parters Named

Nine astronomical research organizations from the United States, Australia and Korea have signed an official agreement to construct and operate the Giant Magellan Telescope, or GMT, at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, the Giant Magellan Telescope Corp. announced today. The 25-meter (80-foot) GMT is one of the proposed next-generation extremely large telescopes. The colossal telescope will feature six giant off-axis mirrors around a seventh on-axis mirror produced by innovative mirror-making technologies at UA’s Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory. [More]

Nine astronomical research organizations from the United States, Australia and Korea have signed an official agreement to construct and operate the Giant Magellan Telescope, or GMT, at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, the Giant Magellan Telescope Corp. announced today. The 25-meter (80-foot) GMT is one of the proposed next-generation extremely large telescopes. The colossal telescope will feature six giant off-axis mirrors around a seventh on-axis mirror produced by innovative mirror-making technologies at UA’s Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory. [More]