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Rendering of inside GMT's enclosure (Graphic: Business Wire)

Engineering Marvel: Sixth Mirror Cast

March 5, 2021

Sixth Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope

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Photo of glass being inspected at Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab

8.4-Meter Mirror Joins Five of the World’s Largest Mirrors

March 5, 2021

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s primary mirrors are fabricated with high-purity, low-expansion, borosilicate glass (called E6 glass) from the Ohara Corporation of Japan.

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Lowering the lid on casting furnace to start melting glass of the 6th mirror for GMTO

High Fire Casting of the Sixth Primary Mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope has begun!

March 4, 2021

High Fire Casting of the Sixth Primary Mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope has begun!

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Lowering the simulator onto the test cell, June 2020.

GMT Mirror Simulator Installed

July 1, 2020

Lowering the simulator onto the test cell, June 2020. Image credit: Steven West | Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona

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Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

June 24, 2020

Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers | Photo credit: GMTO

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Giant Magellan Telescope: Once operational in 2028, the telescope will sit in the Chilean desert

Giant Magellan Telescope: Chief scientists explain all about 'alien planet hunter' GMT

June 19, 2020

Giant Magellan Telescope: Once operational in 2028, the telescope will sit in the Chilean desert (Image: Giant Magellan Telescope)

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Image depicting installation of Mirror Cell

Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror Cell

April 20, 2020

Check out this image from February of the mirror cell during the installation of the support actuator mount posts.

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Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope

Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope

Oct. 15, 2019

Scientists at Richard Carris Mirror Lab arranging disks that are 27.6 feet across. Spencer Lowell

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The Chilean mountaintop where the Giant Magellan Telescope will rise, as seen in May 2019.

Next-Gen Megascope for Astronomy Taking shape on Chilean Mountaintop

May 20, 2019

An arid mountaintop in the Chilean Andes is being transformed into a next-generation astronomy hub.

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Unique laboratory includes a state-of-the-art inflatable planetarium and a portable telescope

Astronomy Education Mobile Lab in Chile

May 13, 2019

The Mobile Lab and students from Senderos de Culitrin school (Paine). Image credit: EcoScience

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A picture of the 5th GMT mirror being cast

Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror #5

Nov. 2, 2017
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GMT’s First Giant Mirror Segment Starts Journey South

Sept. 28, 2017
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