Construction on Giant Magellan Telescope Blasts Off - Discovery News
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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Construction on Giant Magellan Telescope Blasts Off Discovery News The March 23 detonation is the first of 70 carefully controlled blasts being set off to make room for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), a $700 million joint endeavor by an international consortium involving institutions from the United States, ... |
The Great Beyond just gets clearer - London Free Press
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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The Great Beyond just gets clearer London Free Press In 2005 work began on what will be the largest instrument of its kind, called the Great Magellan Telescope. When it is completed in 2019, it will contain seven giant mirrors, a light-gathering capacity stretching out to 28 feet in diameter, ... |
UA's 'gambling' astrophysicist raised a huge stake - and did it with mirrors - Arizona Daily Star
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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UA's 'gambling' astrophysicist raised a huge stake - and did it with mirrors Arizona Daily Star Right now, for instance, he is betting that a $23 million, 8.4-meter mirror being polished at his observatory's mirror lab will one day join six other giants on a mountain peak in Chile to become the Giant Magellan Telescope. |
Collecting Light Part 3: The Age Of The Giant Telescope - Arizona Public Media
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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Arizona Public Media | Collecting Light Part 3: The Age Of The Giant Telescope Arizona Public Media The groundbreaking work at the Mirror Lab has enabled astronomers to build larger and larger telescopes. The lab is currently working on an 8.4-meter mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and an 8.4-meter for the Large Synoptic Survey ... |
UANews: Top 10 Stories of 2011-12 - UA News (press release)
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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UA News (press release) | UANews: Top 10 Stories of 2011-12 UA News (press release) 9: An artist's rendering of what the Giant Magellan Telescope will look like once it begins science operations in Chile's Atacama Desert in 2020. (Image courtesy of GMTO) By University Communications May 10, 2012 As commencement approaches, ... |
NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto: Extending Our Horizons - Space Ref (press release)
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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Space Ref (press release) | NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto: Extending Our Horizons Space Ref (press release) We began our KBO search last year and have been using telescopes like the giant Keck, Gemini, Subaru (Japanese) and Magellan observatories. So far those searches have discovered about two-dozen faint KBOs in those dense star fields. |
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory sees Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole - Clarksville Online
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory sees Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole Clarksville Online The object had not been previously observed in a Magellan Telescope image taken in April 2009 or a Hubble image obtained in August 2009. The lack of a blue source in the earlier images indicates the black hole's companion star is fainter, ... |
UT names McDonald Observatory science instrument for philanthropists - Alpine Avalanche
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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UT names McDonald Observatory science instrument for philanthropists Alpine Avalanche In 2009, Mitchell provided $1 million to match UT-Austin monies for the casting of the second mirror for the planned Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). UT-Austin is one of the telescope's 10 founding partners, as is Mitchell's alma mater, ... |
Hubble will use the Moon as a mirror to capture June's Venus transit - Wired.co.uk
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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Wired.co.uk | Hubble will use the Moon as a mirror to capture June's Venus transit Wired.co.uk By Mark Brown The Hubble space telescope cannot look directly at the Sun, so Nasa astronomers have come up with a clever alternative to capture the last transit of planet Venus this century. They will use the Moon as a mirror to capture the reflected ... |
Billionaires back ambitious space projects - USA TODAY
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:35:43 PM
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USA TODAY | Billionaires back ambitious space projects USA TODAY Diamandis compares today's space tycoons to New World explorers such as Magellan. Is this a return of conquistador capitalism? Or have this era's ultra-rich just found the highest-altitude way to lose their shirts since Icarus had his wings clipped? |
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