Giant Magellan Telescope

Celebrate #WorldChildrensDay with Universo Expansivo’s offering of free resources. This multisensory astronomy education program serves children in both informal and formal learning environments. https://lnkd.in/gdQgXTbX

The GMTO Corporation welcomes?Christine S. Oh, CFRE, ACC, MPA?as Vice President for Development and External Affairs to lead our efforts in securing new partners, enhancing federal relations, and expanding public engagement as the Giant Magellan Telescope advances through its next phase of construction. Christine brings over 20 years of leadership experience in nonprofit development, federal relations, and communications. She joined the Giant Magellan Telescope in 2020, initially serving as a development consultant before taking on the role of Director of Development for the past two years. Read more:?https://lnkd.in/gq-W3pHn

?Chile se suma a la exploración espacial! ???????? La Ministra Aisén Etcheverry visitó la NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration y firmó los Acuerdos de Artemis en representación de nuestro país. La exploración humana en la Luna y futuras misiones a Marte son algunas de las metas que la NASA busca con Artemis. Astrobiología, geología y mineralogía son algunas de las disciplinas desarrolladas en Chile que pueden ser un aporte significativo a este proyecto internacional. La Ministra fue recibida por Bill Nelson, administrador de la NASA, y acompa?ada de Juan Gabriel Valdés, embajador de Chile en Estados Unidos, junto a otros funcionarios de Chile y del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos.

One of the world's largest optical mirrors has been successfully installed for the first time into a support system prototype, marking the start of a testing phase to validate the Giant Magellan Telescope's extraordinary performance. https://lnkd.in/gX8VgKe3

The team behind the Giant Magellan Telescope has announced the successful installation of one of its primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona. ?? ?? "This sophisticated system — comparable in size to half a basketball court and containing three times the number of parts of a typical car — is vital to the telescope’s optical performance and precision control." Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gKzrRuGY

Now that one of the Giant Magellan’s 16-metric ton mirrors has been successfully integrated with a support system prototype, it will undergo performance and precision control testing at the University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. https://lnkd.in/gDHYeff5

Inside our one-of-a-kind, 100-foot testing tower at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, ultra-precise lasers will measure how well the 160 actuators between the support structure and the mirror perform to keep the mirror's surface accurate to a millionth of an inch under the conditions it will experience mounted on the telescope in Chile. https://bit.ly/3NCU12d

??Carnegie Science astronomers have revolutionized our ideas about the universe. Their success was underpinned by access to our suite of custom-designed and -built telescopes—first at Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains and eventually at our Las Campanas Observatory in the foothills of the Chilean Andes. ?? Together, Carnegie Science machinists, engineers, and astronomers are building state-of-the-art instruments that will extend the lives of older telescopes and expand the potential of new and under-construction telescopes. Learn about six Carnegie-led instrumentation projects that are currently underway: https://lnkd.in/gFChWwSz

We’re excited to announce the successful start of testing the primary mirror support system for the Giant Magellan Telescope. This system, designed with extreme precision, ensures that the enormous optical mirrors are held in place and fine-tuned for capturing images of the universe with unprecedented clarity. Chile continues to play a central role in global astronomy and science diplomacy, hosting this groundbreaking project ?? ?? As Barbara M. Fischer, Primary Mirror Subsystem Manager, explains: “The integration of the mirror support system is a critical step, allowing us to validate its precision control mechanisms that will maintain the mirror's shape to nanometer accuracy.” This project not only advances astronomical research but also reinforces international collaboration, bringing together the world's top scientists and engineers to tackle the grandest questions of the cosmos. ?? Read more about this exciting news at Phys.org : https://lnkd.in/e3HCUQRH

After years of designing, building, and testing a support system prototype, one of the world's largest optical mirrors has been integrated into the prototype to validate performance. Learn about the integration process, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and what's next: https://lnkd.in/gDHYeff5