The Giant Magellan Telescope is the work of an international consortium of 15 research institutions representing the United States, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, South Korea, and Taiwan. The telescope is under construction in the Chilean Atacama Desert, one of the best locations on Earth to explore the heavens, and will be completed in the ...

An aerial view of the Giant Magellan Telescope construction site. The telescope is located at Las Campanas Observatory, [16] which is also home to the Magellan Telescopes.The observatory is situated approximately 115 km (71 mi) north-northeast of La Serena, and 180 km (112 mi) south of Copiapó, at an altitude of 2,516 m (8,255 ft). [17] …

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is working with a group of international partners to build the first of a new generation of the world’s largest and most powerful telescopes. Upon completion, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be the largest optical telescope in the world, producing images of the universe with 10 times the clarity of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Giant Magellan Telescope is the work of the GMTO Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and international research consortium headquartered in Pasadena, California with offices in Santiago, Chile. Our mission is to design, build, and operate the Giant Magellan Telescope to enable cutting-edge research and scientific observations that will ...

2024年10月17日 · The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be one of the next class of super giant earth-based telescopes. It will be located at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The GMT project is the work of an international consortium of universities and science institutions - including the University of Arizona.

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s seven primary mirrors are the world’s largest and most challenging optics ever produced. The primary mirrors are the telescope’s first contact surface that collects incoming light from the night sky. Each 8.4-meter diameter mirror has an astonishingly smooth surface, takes four years to complete, and ...

大麦哲伦望远镜（Giant Magellan Telescope，缩写为GMT），又称巨型麦哲伦望远镜，是在2022年投入使用的地基极端巨大望远镜，将在智利的拉斯卡姆帕纳斯天文台（Las Campanas Observatory）建成。GMT由美国的华盛顿卡内基研究所等8个单位与澳大利亚国立大学合作建造，等效口径21.4 m的主镜由7块直径8.4 m的子镜 ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope will excel in both of these regards: when completed, it will have 368 square meters (nearly 4000 square feet) of mirrors to collect light. The telescope’s instruments will create images and analyze the spectrum of objects in …

The Giant Magellan Telescope is under construction at the Carnegie Science Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The dark skies and extremely low humidity make the Chilean high Atacama Desert region one of the best places on Earth for telescopes. Located in the Southern Hemisphere, astronomers will be able to observe the center of the Milky Way ...

5 天之前 · The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet), made up of 798 pieces. It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth ...