The Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope is part of the US Extremely Large Telescope Program
GMT Site Map — March 2020
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Mirror segment 5 after clean out
July 2019: Mirror segment 2 moved to storage
News
- 2020 in Photos
2020 in photos 2020 was a year of progress and challenge for the Giant Magellan Telescope. Here is our 2020 story told in photos. Click the image to see the caption. For the latest progress on the Giant Magellan Telescope, take a look at our 2020 in review newsletter. More... - December 2020
Use the quicklinks below to navigate to the topics that interest you: 2020 in Review Updates From the Construction Site Major National Science Foundation Grant Accelerates Telescope Development Did You Know? Protecting the Telescope From Extreme Earthquakes Prototyping the Adaptive Secondary Mirrors Event Recap: SPIE 2020 Join us at AAS 2020 2020 in the News More...
Press Releases
- Giant Magellan Telescope earns top marks in earthquake safety, a first in observatory design
International review panel praises the Giant Magellan Telescope’s innovative seismic protection system capable of protecting the 13.6-million-pound telescope structure from earthquake damage in one of the world’s most seismically active regions. PASADENA, CA — Engineers designing the Giant Magellan Telescope have solved an immense design challenge never attempted before: Protecting a 22-story rotating observatory and More... - Major NSF grant accelerates development of the Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope fast-tracks development of revolutionary optical technologies necessary to transform humanity’s view and understanding of the universe at first light. More...