Johns Hopkins University (JHU) continues to pad its space community résumé with their interactive map, “The map of the observable Universe”, that takes viewers on a 13.7-billion-year-old tour of the cosmos from the present to the moments after the Big Bang. While JHU is responsible for creating the site, additional contributions were made by NASA, the European Space Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Sloan Foundation.
The U.S. House of Representatives have passed (JULY 2019) a bill to change the name of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST.) Instead of that explanatory yet cumbersome name, it will be named after American astronomer Vera Rubin. Rubin is well-known for her pioneering work in discovering dark matter.
SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory) Published on Nov 1, 2016 Ranked as the top ground-based national priority for the field for the current decade, LSST is currently under construction in Chile. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is leading the construction of the LSST camera – the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy. SLAC Professor Steven M. Kahn is the overall Director of the LSST project, and SLAC personnel are also participating in the data management. The National Science Foundation is the lead agency for construction of the LSST. Additional financial support comes from the Department of Energy and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. To learn more, visit
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By 2029, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in northern Chile will begin collecting its first light from the cosmos. As part of a new class of next-generation instruments known as “extremely large telescopes” (ELTs), the GMT will combine the power of sophisticated primary mirrors, flexible secondary mirrors, adaptive optics (AOs), and spectrometers to see further and with greater detail than any optical telescopes that came before.
Artist’s impression of the GMTs segmented mirror. Credit: GMTO
A GMT mirror segment being cast at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. Credit: GMTO
GMT mirror 5 casting: This timelapse shows several stages of the mirror casting process, including creating the light-weighted mirror mold, loading nearly 20 tons of borosilicate glass into the mold, and the furnace spinning at five revolutions per minute during "high fire," heating the glass to 1,165 degrees Celsius (2,129 F) for approximately five hours until it liquefies into the mold. GMT mirror 5 is being fabricated at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona.
In this video from July 2019, during the morning of the solar eclipse.
#indiamegaprojects #extremeengineering #astronomy #telescope India is a founding member of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project, which aims to build a 30-meter diameter telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. India's contributions to the project include: Hardware: 83 of the 492 mirrors, segment support assemblies, actuators, edge sensors, segment polishing, and segment coating Instrumentation: First light instruments Software: Observatory software and telescope control systems
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Welcome to Ultimate Build YouTube Channel, Explore the Secrets of the Universe with the World's Largest Telescope! Journey with us to the Atacama Desert in Chile where a dedicated team is building a groundbreaking observatory. Discover the awe-inspiring stats and profound implications of this ambitious project, set against the backdrop of the one of the most remote locations on Earth. This colossal telescope aims to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos, offering the tantalizing possibility of detecting extraterrestrial life. Join us as we delve into the mysteries of the universe, guided by the power of the Extremely Large Telescope! #atacamadesert #chile #telescope #megaprojects #southamerica
In der chilenischen Atacamawüste bauen Männer und Frauen das größte Teleskop der Welt. Eine gigantische Baustelle mit Rekordzahlen und Einsätzen, isoliert vom Rest der Welt. Das Extremely Large Telescope, kurz ELT, wird auf dem Gipfel des Cerro Armazones, einer 3.000 Meter hohen Plattform im Norden Chiles, gebaut. Mit einem Hauptspiegel, der bei seiner Inbetriebnahme der größte der Welt sein wird, kann das ELT-Megateleskop noch weiter ins Universum vordringen und uns noch nie dagewesene Bilder liefern. Eine echte Revolution für die astronomische Forschung, auf die wir mit Spannung warten.. . Das werden wir heute in dieser neuen Folge von Looking 4 sehen. Viel Spaß mit dem Video. Einige Bilder sind von ESO , Danke an sie! ✔ 📽 Meine anderen lizenzfreien Bilder und Musik.👇 00:00 Standort und Vorstellung des ELT 02:55 VLT: Sehr großes Teleskop 04:43 Die Rolle der ESO: die Europäische Südsternwarte 05:42 Baufortschritt des ELT 08:19 Das Extremely Large Telescope: ein technisches Wunderwerk 09:03 Der größte Hauptspiegel der Welt 10:52 Das ELT: Eine Revolution in der Astronomie 12:38 Andere laufende Megaprojekte: GMT und TMT
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