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

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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Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

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

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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Image depicting installation of Mirror Cell

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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Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope

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

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

Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror #5 Casting and Annealing

Nov. 2, 2017
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Here’s How Giant Telescope Mirrors Are Shipped Cross-Country

Sept. 28, 2017
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GMT’s First Giant Mirror Segment Starts Journey South

Sept. 28, 2017
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