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This makes it possible to compensate for the atmospheric turbulence by altering the shape of a telescope mirror thousands of times a second. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D5405D0D_C862_4E18_41E5_F305F08397E6.text = Scientists at any institution in the US will be able to use the US-ELTP system to observe objects anywhere in the sky to explore topics ranging from the search for life beyond Earth to the nature of dark matter and dark energy. With their complementary designs, locations, and diverse instrument suites, the Thirty Meter Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope will offer great synergy with each other and current and future facilities in space and on the ground. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D53BEB58_C862_4A38_41DA_390750E1E3B3.text = Scientists at any institution in the US will be able to use the US-ELTP system to observe objects anywhere in the sky to explore topics ranging from the search for life beyond Earth to the nature of dark matter and dark energy. With their complementary designs, locations, and diverse instrument suites, the Thirty Meter Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope will offer great synergy with each other and current and future facilities in space and on the ground. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D4FC3D77_C85F_CE08_419D_1137AEC8861D.text = Scientists at any institution in the US will be able to use the US-ELTP system to observe objects anywhere in the sky to explore topics ranging from the search for life beyond Earth to the nature of dark matter and dark energy. With their complementary designs, locations, and diverse instrument suites, the Thirty Meter Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope will offer great synergy with each other and current and future facilities in space and on the ground. TextToSpeechBehaviour_DB796D98_DF84_C153_41D0_C0CF37B99956.text = Summit Support and Coding Facility TextToSpeechBehaviour_E712BE3C_5933_7602_41C1_7B25B02C35F7.text = The 25.4 meter telescope will use 7 of the world’s largest mirrors. Each primary mirror is 8.4 meters in diameter, weighs 17 tons, and takes ~4 years to complete. \ 7 of 7 primary mirrors are either complete or under production at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D057AFD4_C8A3_CA08_41D4_79AA79FFC868.text = The Giant Magellan Telescope is the work of an international consortium of thirteen research institutions representing the United States, South Korea, Israel, Chile, Brazil, and Australia. Consortium members include Arizona State University, Astronomy Australia Ltd., Australian National University, Carnegie Institution for Science, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo — FAPESP, Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Giant Magellan Telescope is being designed, built, and operated by the GMTO Corporation, a nonprofit organization with offices in Pasadena, California and Santiago, Chile. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D3FC4E29_C8AF_CA18_41DA_49891E71561C.text = The Giant Magellan Telescope is the work of an international consortium of thirteen research institutions representing the United States, South Korea, Israel, Chile, Brazil, and Australia. Consortium members include Arizona State University, Astronomy Australia Ltd., Australian National University, Carnegie Institution for Science, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo — FAPESP, Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Giant Magellan Telescope is being designed, built, and operated by the GMTO Corporation, a nonprofit organization with offices in Pasadena, California and Santiago, Chile. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D3CE02B7_C8AF_DA08_41DA_E2EBC756E3C2.text = The Giant Magellan Telescope is the work of an international consortium of thirteen research institutions representing the United States, South Korea, Israel, Chile, Brazil, and Australia. Consortium members include Arizona State University, Astronomy Australia Ltd., Australian National University, Carnegie Institution for Science, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo — FAPESP, Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Giant Magellan Telescope is being designed, built, and operated by the GMTO Corporation, a nonprofit organization with offices in Pasadena, California and Santiago, Chile. TextToSpeechBehaviour_42335C01_670B_8FED_41D4_92F4BDDAC71E.text = The Giant Magellan Telescope is up to 200x more powerful than today’s best ground-based telescopes and up to 10x more powerful than today’s best space-based telescopes (in sensitivity and spatial resolution). TextToSpeechBehaviour_CE79F872_D78C_CFD7_41D0_DE37AE63D759.text = The Robotically Controlled Telescope \ The telescope has been operated by the RCT Consortium, led by Western Kentucky University since 2006. TextToSpeechBehaviour_4E28AB65_4FB4_5945_4190_D484C26BA178.text = The Thirty Meter Telescope and the Giant Magellan Telescope will open up new frontiers in astronomy and astrophysics, thanks to their unprecedented sensitivity. These observatories will employ bespoke adaptive optics systems that will provide extraordinarily clear images. 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Keck Observatory’s twin 10-meter telescopes. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope project is a non-profit collaboration among the University of California, the California Institute of Technology, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Department of Science and Technology of India. The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy is a TIO Associate. Significant funding has been provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. TextToSpeechBehaviour_C0F9689D_D78C_CF4D_41E2_DCEFC2DFFAF5.text = The Thirty Meter Telescope will use a segmented primary mirror, as successfully pioneered on the W. M. 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Keck Observatory’s twin 10-meter telescopes. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope project is a non-profit collaboration among the University of California, the California Institute of Technology, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Department of Science and Technology of India. The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy is a TIO Associate. Significant funding has been provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. TextToSpeechBehaviour_CE109DEF_D78C_40CD_4165_D579C4F8C6B2.text = The Thirty Meter Telescope’s 30-meter primary mirror will be assembled from 492 individual 1.4 meter hexagonal segments. TextToSpeechBehaviour_55228129_6704_783C_41D3_7087EF21D34E.text = The adaptive optics system for the Giant Magellan Telescope includes six laser guide stars and seven adaptive secondary mirrors that hang above the giant primary mirrors’ light path. Each adaptive secondary mirror is paired and aligned with one of the seven primary mirrors. The flexible glass-like secondary mirrors are 2 millimeters thick and can reshape their surface 2000 times per second to keep up with the constantly changing atmosphere. This system allows the Giant Magellan Telescope to produce improved image quality over the widest field of view of any extremely large telescope. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D1697C5D_C8A3_CE38_4160_B2CAA07A88B2.text = The adaptive optics system for the Giant Magellan Telescope includes six laser guide stars and seven adaptive secondary mirrors that hang above the giant primary mirrors’ light path. Each adaptive secondary mirror is paired and aligned with one of the seven primary mirrors. The flexible glass-like secondary mirrors are 2 millimeters thick and can reshape their surface 2000 times per second to keep up with the constantly changing atmosphere. This system allows the Giant Magellan Telescope to produce improved image quality over the widest field of view of any extremely large telescope. TextToSpeechBehaviour_54B38A13_6704_8BED_41D3_667D927D5741.text = The adaptive optics system for the Giant Magellan Telescope includes six laser guide stars and seven adaptive secondary mirrors that hang above the giant primary mirrors’ light path. Each adaptive secondary mirror is paired and aligned with one of the seven primary mirrors. The flexible glass-like secondary mirrors are 2 millimeters thick and can reshape their surface 2000 times per second to keep up with the constantly changing atmosphere. This system allows the Giant Magellan Telescope to produce improved image quality over the widest field of view of any extremely large telescope. TextToSpeechBehaviour_F3BD1DB3_595F_1A07_41C2_B9AE29AB4CA4.text = The adaptive secondary mirror is also made up of 7 segments with adaptive optics, each is 1.1 meters in diameter and can deform its surface 2,000 times per second to counteract Earth’s optical turbulence in real-time. TextToSpeechBehaviour_C8BC3C25_D784_477D_41E6_94409E9C2E40.text = The calibration screen is used for astro-imaging. To properly calibrate images, the screen is evenly illuminated by a calibration lamp. The illuminated surface is imaged with the telescope and allows the image to be corrected for a variety of defects. TextToSpeechBehaviour_CDED07C3_5953_1607_41BA_E94B73F24198.text = The telescope mount is 39-meters-tall, weighs 2,100 tons, and is housed in a 65-meter tall enclosure that can complete a full rotation in ~3 minutes. TextToSpeechBehaviour_7736EC5B_59CF_1A06_41C0_462309DE296D.text = Thirty Meter Telescope — Status \ 82% of the total system including the enclosure, structure, primary mirror segments, and control systems are in Final Design or production. \ \ More than 80% of the mirror blanks have been cast and polishing is underway at several partners’ sites. Partners are also currently fabricating the primary mirror support and control systems. \ \ Many software elements have been delivered and are actively being used to support the development of other observatory subsystems. \ \ TMT is being designed and built by an international consortium of universities and scientific institutions. TextToSpeechBehaviour_46D253C7_57DF_0E0F_41D2_BBFE6B941440.text = Welcome to the Giant Magellan Telescope. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is the most optically proficient of the extremely large telescopes, providing the highest image resolution over the widest field of view of the Universe, and incorporating seven of the world’s largest mirrors. The telescope is under construction at Las Campanas Observatory at the southern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the best locations on Earth from which to explore the heavens. Commissioning is anticipated in the late 2020s. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Thirty Meter Telescope that forms the U.S.-ELTP. TextToSpeechBehaviour_46201D26_57DF_1A0E_41D2_590999064431.text = Welcome to the Giant Magellan Telescope. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is the most optically proficient of the extremely large telescopes, providing the highest image resolution over the widest field of view of the Universe, and incorporating seven of the world’s largest mirrors. The telescope is under construction at Las Campanas Observatory at the southern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the best locations on Earth from which to explore the heavens. Commissioning is anticipated in the late 2020s. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Thirty Meter Telescope that forms the U.S.-ELTP. TextToSpeechBehaviour_D09BACAF_C8A2_4E18_41DA_B918D8886485.text = Welcome to the Giant Magellan Telescope. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is the most optically proficient of the extremely large telescopes, providing the highest image resolution over the widest field of view of the Universe, and incorporating seven of the world’s largest mirrors. The telescope is under construction at Las Campanas Observatory at the southern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the best locations on Earth from which to explore the heavens. Commissioning is anticipated in the late 2020s. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Thirty Meter Telescope that forms the U.S.-ELTP. \ TextToSpeechBehaviour_2A1267AF_3F56_5858_41A4_1A2CCFBC17FA.text = Welcome to the Thirty Meter Telescope. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the largest optical telescope in the northern hemisphere, at its preferred site in Maunakea, Hawaiʻi. Its adaptive optics will deliver the highest image resolution over the widest field of view to provide unparalleled imaging and spectroscopic capabilities to the community. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Giant Magellan Telescope that forms the U.S.-ELTP. TextToSpeechBehaviour_2A346774_3F56_58C8_41BD_EDBA0AF032D1.text = Welcome to the Thirty Meter Telescope. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the largest optical telescope in the northern hemisphere, at its preferred site in Maunakea, Hawaiʻi. Its adaptive optics will deliver the highest image resolution over the widest field of view to provide unparalleled imaging and spectroscopic capabilities to the community. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Giant Magellan Telescope that forms the U.S.-ELTP. 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The combined system will provide unique access to the entire sky with a level of precision and sensitivity never seen before. The US-ELTP will maintain US leadership in observational astronomy well into the next generation and beyond. TextToSpeechBehaviour_A8891DB3_B96C_7FFF_41E1_AC75BA312B07.text = With a combined light-gathering power greater than any other current or planned telescope, the US-ELTP will realize extraordinary scientific and societal benefits, delivering more than twice the science, twice the sky, twice the night, twice the technology, and twice the outreach of a single telescope. The combined system will provide unique access to the entire sky with a level of precision and sensitivity never seen before. The US-ELTP will maintain US leadership in observational astronomy well into the next generation and beyond. TextToSpeechBehaviour_A9A68AC9_B964_05AB_41E4_49E1A33BBAC0.text = With a combined light-gathering power greater than any other current or planned telescope, the US-ELTP will realize extraordinary scientific and societal benefits, delivering more than twice the science, twice the sky, twice the night, twice the technology, and twice the outreach of a single telescope. The combined system will provide unique access to the entire sky with a level of precision and sensitivity never seen before. The US-ELTP will maintain US leadership in observational astronomy well into the next generation and beyond. TextToSpeechBehaviour_DCF4A5DF_42F6_2763_4197_EB73DE81CBB2.text = With its large mirror and state of the art adaptive optics system, the Thirty Meter Telescope will have the light gathering power of ~10 times that of the largest current optical/infrared telescopes and a spatial resolution up to 12 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope and more than 4 times shaper than JWST. TextToSpeechBehaviour_7BD1C3F8_DA87_C0D3_41E8_968376D3DCCE.text = solario contains three solar telescopes: a Coronado 90-millimeter SolarMax Hydrogen Alpha Telescope, a Coronado 90-millimeter SolarMax Calcium K Telescope, and a refractor with a white-light solar filter. They are open for daytime viewing when weather and staffing permit. TextToSpeechBehaviour_7A018800_6704_B7EB_41D7_36941FF613D0.text = —Twice the Science— \ The US-ELTP will deliver significantly more scientific output than a single telescope would achieve. With twice the amount of data collected, the US-ELTP will make ground-breaking discoveries and shape our understanding of the Universe. \ \ —Twice the Sky Coverage— \ With one telescope in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere, the US-ELTP system will be able to observe the entire night sky with a level of clarity unrivaled by any existing telescopes on the planet. This means that researchers will be able to observe rare and interesting objects wherever in the sky they occur, something not possible with a single telescope. \ \ —Twice the Night— \ The two US-ELTP telescopes are separated not only in latitude, but also in longitude. When the Chilean night is ending for the Giant Magellan Telescope, the Hawaiian night is entering its prime for the Thirty Meter Telescope. Astronomers will be able to take advantage of the extended night and be twice as likely to have a telescope in the dark when needed to rapidly follow up on a new discovery. TextToSpeechBehaviour_75918462_DA8B_C7F7_41C6_75AAB2A43D04.text = —Twice the Technology— \ The US-ELTP combines two sophisticated methods of making extremely large segmented- mirror telescopes with state-of-the-art adaptive optics systems and a diverse suite of scientific instruments. This experience will continue US leadership in astronomy technology innovation and provide a solid foundation for future technologies and technical spin-offs to come. \ \ —Twice the Outreach— \ With engaged communities surrounding each US-ELTP telescope, there will be twice the opportunities for outreach, STEM education, and community engagement. The individual and combined efforts of the three US-ELTP partners will enable the combined team to employ a community-based model of astronomy to build deeper connections with traditionally underserved communities. TextToSpeechBehaviour_3F222A6C_4136_2D25_41CA_28C6EF87E8C2.text = ―Narrow-Field Infrared Adaptive Optics System― \ The Narrow Field InfraRed Adaptive Optics System will provide very high-performance Adaptive Optics in the infrared from 0.8 to 2.4 µm over a 34 × 34 arcsecond field of view. \ \ NFIRAOS will provide a highly corrected beam with a K-band Strehl ratio of 0.82, the highest of the extremely large telescopes. 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Telescope at Night HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_91F32FA5_8459_D436_41AA_50322937C9BD.text = Thirty Meter Telescope at Night HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_7736FC5B_59CF_1A06_419F_15C5530ADDCA.text = Thirty Meter Telescope — Status \ 82% of the total system including the enclosure, structure, primary mirror segments, and control systems are in Final Design or production. \ \ More than 80% of the mirror blanks have been cast and polishing is underway at several partners’ sites. Partners are also currently fabricating the primary mirror support and control systems. \ \ Many software elements have been delivered and are actively being used to support the development of other observatory subsystems. \ \ TMT is being designed and built by an international consortium of universities and scientific institutions. \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_9F7BDB15_3EA9_1884_41BF_94069770AE6C.text = Welcome to the Giant Magellan Telescope. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is the most optically proficient of the extremely large telescopes, providing the highest image resolution over the widest field of view of the Universe, and incorporating seven of the world’s largest mirrors. The telescope is under construction at Las Campanas Observatory at the southern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the best locations on Earth from which to explore the heavens. Commissioning is anticipated in the late 2020s. \ The Giant Magellan Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Thirty Meter Telescope that forms the US-ELTP. \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_2A31E771_3F56_58C8_41CC_2700E1A81B1D.text = Welcome to the Thirty Meter Telescope. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the largest optical telescope in the northern hemisphere, at its preferred site in Maunakea, Hawaiʻi. Its adaptive optics will deliver the highest image resolution over the widest field of view to provide unparalleled imaging and spectroscopic capabilities to the community. \ The Thirty Meter Telescope is part of a partnership with NSF’s NOIRLab and the Giant Magellan Telescope that forms the US-ELTP. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_91C6B51B_8E9E_61D1_41DE_5060319C2B3F.text = With a combined light-gathering power greater than any other current or planned telescope, the US-ELTP will realize extraordinary scientific and societal benefits, delivering more than twice the science, twice the sky, twice the night, twice the technology, and twice the outreach of a single telescope. The combined system will provide unique access to the entire sky with a level of precision and sensitivity never seen before. The US-ELTP will maintain US leadership in observational astronomy well into the next generation and beyond. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_1D893156_7D1C_65FC_41D8_038E2BC9160F.text = With its large mirror and state of the art adaptive optics system, the Thirty Meter Telescope will have the light gathering power of ~10 times that of the largest current optical/infrared telescopes and a spatial resolution up to 12 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope and more than 4 times shaper than JWST. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_83B95A40_9CA3_0065_41DC_833505FEF0ED.text = —The Robotically Controlled Telescope— \ The telescope has been operated by the RCT Consortium, led by Western Kentucky University since 2006. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_DBB721EE_597F_0A01_41D5_435E5834AFF2.text = —Twice the Science— \ \ \ \ \ —Twice the Sky Coverage— \ \ \ \ \ \ \ —Twice the Night— \ \ \ \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4715287B_671C_881D_41B9_420BD3FBB4AA.text = —Twice the Technology— \ \ \ \ \ \ \ —Twice the Outreach— \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_3F136A62_4136_2D5D_41B9_62ECB8FE5066.text = ―Narrow-Field Infrared Adaptive Optics System― \ The Narrow Field InfraRed Adaptive Optics System will provide very high-performance Adaptive Optics in the infrared from 0.8 to 2.4 µm over a 34 × 34 arcsecond field of view. \ \ NFIRAOS will provide a highly corrected beam with a K-band Strehl ratio of 0.82, the highest of the extremely large telescopes. 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Founded in 1958, Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is home to one of the largest collections of optical and radio telescopes in the world. KPNO hosts the facilities of consortia that, between them, operate more than a dozen optical telescopes and two radio telescopes.


KPNO is located 90 kilometers (56 miles) southwest of Tucson, Arizona, at an altitude of 2096 meters (6877 feet) in the Schuk Toak District on the Tohono O'odham Nation. It has a visitor center that is open daily and nightly to the public, offering daytime guided tours and a variety of evening stargazing programs.


We are privileged to conduct research on I’oligam Du’ag (Kitt Peak) in Arizona and acknowledge the Tohono O'odham Nation as the caretakers of the jewed (land).


The images for this Virtual Tour were taken before the 2022 Contreras Fire, which affected KPNO. Read more here.
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Last Updated: 10 January, 2024



Credit:
US-ELTP (TIO/NOIRLab/GMTO)


NSF’s NOIRLab, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation & Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO)


Design & Development:
Mahdi Zamani


Technical Support:
Mark Newhouse


Content Support:
Ryan Kalabis (GMTO)
Kerry Slater (TIO)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (NSF’s NOIRLab)


Text Editing:
Peter Grimley


Web Support:
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Spanish translation:
Carolina Vargas


Spanish Proofreading:
Leonor Opazo
Manuel Paredes


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Credit:
US-ELTP (TIO/NOIRLab/GMTO)


NSF’s NOIRLab, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation & Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO)


Design & Development:
Mahdi Zamani


Technical Support:
Mark Newhouse


Content Support:
Ryan Kalabis (GMTO)
Kerry Slater (TIO)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (NSF’s NOIRLab)


Text Editing:
Peter Grimley


Web Support:
Enciso Systems


Spanish translation:
Carolina Vargas


Spanish Proofreading:
Leonor Opazo
Manuel Paredes


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Lars Lindberg Christensen


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US-ELTP
Virtual Tour v2.0


Last Updated: 10 January, 2024


Credit:
US-ELTP (TIO/NOIRLab/GMTO)


NSF’s NOIRLab, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation & Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO)


Design & Development:
Mahdi Zamani


Technical Support:
Mark Newhouse


Content Support:
Ryan Kalabis (GMTO)
Kerry Slater (TIO)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (NSF’s NOIRLab)


Text Editing:
Peter Grimley


Web Support:
Enciso Systems


Spanish translation:
Carolina Vargas


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Maunakea
We are honored to have the opportunity to conduct astronomical research on Maunakea in Hawai‘i. We recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that Maunakea has to the Native Hawaiian community.



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