News | Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab

GMT S3 installed on support system prototype for the first time — World’s largest optical mirror successfully installed on support system prototype for the first time to validate telescope’s extraordinary performance

Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope–GMTO Corporation

Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing

Components inside the support cell of Giant Magellan Telescope

Testing begins at U of A for Giant Magellan Telescope's high-tech mirror support structure

GMT and IDOM enclosure

Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction

Adaptive secondary mirrors

Fourth-Generation Technology Will Change the Future of Ground-Based Observing

The telescope looking for the beginning of time

Polishing Off a Mirror

Mirror, Mirror

Grinding glass at the Steward Mirror Lab in Tucson, Arizona

$20 Million Gift Pushes UA Closer to the Stars

Making Super-Telescopes Requires Some Creative Engineering

UA Optics at Heart of Telescope Poised to Catch the Action in the Universe

UA Optics at Heart of Telescope Poised to Catch the Action in the Universe

World's largest telescope ready for construction; lightweight honeycomb mirrors are world's most advanced design

Giant Magellan Telescope Poised to Enter Construction Phase

20 Tons of Glass, Fresh from the Oven

Third mirror casting event for the Giant Magellan Telescop