University of Texas: Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing
October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024
FORT DAVIS, Texas, Oct. 16 -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024:
The Giant Magellan Telescope, of which The University of Texas at Austin is a founding partner, today announced the successful installation of one of its completed 27.6-foot-diameter (8.4-meter-diameter) primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona's Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. This highly sophisticated system -- . . .
The Giant Magellan Telescope, of which The University of Texas at Austin is a founding partner, today announced the successful installation of one of its completed 27.6-foot-diameter (8.4-meter-diameter) primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona's Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. This highly sophisticated system -- . . .