Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing
Oct. 24, 2024
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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
TUCSON, AZ — October 15, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced the successful installation of one of its completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. Read more