Next-generation facility · Under construction
Giant Magellan Telescope
A next-generation optical and near-infrared telescope under construction at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, using seven 8.4-metre mirror segments to form a single light-collecting surface with a resolving power far beyond today's largest telescopes. One of the extremely large telescopes of the coming decade, alongside the ELT and TMT.
Highlights
- ›Seven 8.4-metre mirror segments forming one giant telescope
Facilities, methods & instruments
Knowledge connections
- Associated withMagellan Telescopes
- Associated withAdaptive Optics
- Associated withDeformable Mirror
- Associated withVisible light
- Associated withInfrared
- Associated withHigh-Resolution Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.