April 22, 2010
What is the latest, greatest, biggest, telescope under construction?
Some Dude asked:
1) What is the name of it?
2) When will construction be complete?
3) How big will the mirrors be in respect to the Hubble telescope?
4) Where is it being constructed?
1) What is the name of it?
2) When will construction be complete?
3) How big will the mirrors be in respect to the Hubble telescope?
4) Where is it being constructed?
I know there is a new telescope under construction, they're making a bunch of huge mirrors, and will eventually merge them together, making a huge super telescope, its being built somewhere isolated in the north or south pole, thats all i remember from reading about it in a magazine months ago, does anyone have knowledge on this telescope?
atlanta construction staffing
Filed under Astronomy Space by .
Leave a Comment
Comments on What is the latest, greatest, biggest, telescope under construction?
10:18 pm
atlanta construction staffing
I think you're referring to the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will combine seven 8.4 meter mirrors into one 24.5 meter primary. The mirrors are already in process. The telescope will be built in Chile and go operational around 2017.
The Hubble telescope is small by the standards of ground-based telescopes, being only 2.4 meters.
Even bigger telescopes are in the planning stages. Sky Telescope had an article in their April issue.
6:16 pm
atlanta construction staffing
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is an extremely large telescope design proposed for the next-generation European Southern Observatory optical telescope with a mirror diameter of 42 meters. The final site hasn't been decided, its between a location in Chile and the Canary Islands. It hasn't started construction, its planned to be complete in 2017.
The largest telescope in use is the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona, with an effective mirror diameter of 22.8 m.
The largest one currently under construction is the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), planned for completion in 2016.
It will have seven 8.4-meter primary mirrors, with the resolving power of a 24.5 metre primary mirror. It is located at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.