Your most frequently asked questions about the Giant Magellan Telescope answered by the experts that are building it. Skip ahead to the topics that interest you most:
00:30 What science are you most excited about when Giant Magellan Telescope comes online? – Rebecca Bernstein, Giant Magellan Telescope Chief Scientist
1:19 Where is the Giant Magellan Telescope being built and what are the benefits of this location? – Francisco Figueroa, Site Engineer (Chile)
1:59 What kind of enclosure is needed for the Giant Magellan Telescope? – Bruce Bigelow, Site, Enclosure, and Facilities Manager
3:05 What is the mirror simulator and what testing will be conducted with it to ensure success in building the Giant Magellan Telescope? – Barbra Fischer, M1 Subsystem Manager
3:52 How will an astronomer get time on the telescope? – Bob Goodrich, Observatory Scientist
4:25 What are the seismic challenges faced with the Giant Magellan Telescope and what is being done to mitigate these challenges? – Dave Ashby, Project Engineer
5:27 How does the size of the Giant Magellan Telescope design challenges? – George Angeli, Project Systems Engineer
6:06 What is the Giant Magellan telescope mount? – Will Burgett, Deputy Project Manager
7:29 Why do we need bigger telescopes? – James Fanson, Giant Magellan Telescope Project Manager
For more information about the Giant Magellan Telescope, visit http://gmto.org
This is a mirror of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uAX2WDTdIw
Presented by Dr Taft Armandroff of the McDonald Observatory, University of Texas
Presentation from February 2016 in Austin Texas.
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be located at Cerro Las Campanas at Las Campanas Observatory in the Atacama Desert of Chile, about two hours drive from the coastal town of La Serena.
https://www.gmto.org/
Note - this is a re-upload of the video posted on this channel on LBRY in August 2020 - I had to take that one down to get around a bug in LBRY since its name was the same as the channel's name and was causing problems uploading more content.
The GMTO Corporation has received a $17.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to accelerate the prototyping and testing of some of the most powerful optical and infrared technologies ever engineered. These crucial advancements for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile will allow astronomers to see farther into space with more detail than any other optical telescope before.
For more about the award, visit https://www.gmto.org/2020/09/major-nsf-grant-accelerates-development-for-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-telescopes/
This video is a mirror of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrHNB1pQeq4
Presented by Dr Taft Armandroff of the McDonald Observatory, University of Texas
Presentation from February 2016 in Austin Texas.
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be located at Cerro Las Campanas at Las Campanas Observatory in the Atacama Desert of Chile, about two hours drive from the coastal town of La Serena.
https://www.gmto.org/
The Giant Magellan Telescope's Project Manager, Dr. James Fanson, gave an invited talk on the project’s latest status at the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation virtual forum on December 14–18, 2020.
For more information about the Giant Magellan Telescope, visit http://gmto.org
This video is a mirror of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Ta2QjwhV4
Dr. Dave Ashby, Project Engineer for the Giant Magellan Telescope, explains the challenges of building the telescope in one of the world’s most seismically active regions and what is being done to mitigate earthquake damage.
For more information about the Giant Magellan Telescope's seismic protection system, visit https://www.gmto.org/2020/12/giant-magellan-telescope-earns-top-marks-in-earthquake-safety
This is a mirror of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7lwObCsnI