Giant Magellan Telescope

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astronomical observatory extremely large telescope ground-based telescope infrared telescope optical telescope scientific instrument

The Giant Magellan Telescope is a next-generation, extremely large ground-based optical and infrared telescope designed to achieve unprecedented resolution for astronomical observations.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory ⓘ extremely large telescope ⓘ ground-based telescope ⓘ infrared telescope ⓘ optical telescope ⓘ scientific instrument ⓘ
angularResolution	~10 times better than Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
collectingArea	~368 square meters ⓘ
comparableProjects	European Extremely Large Telescope ⓘ Thirty Meter Telescope ⓘ
constructionStart	2010s ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
designedFor	detailed characterization of exoplanet atmospheres ⓘ unprecedented spatial resolution in optical and infrared ⓘ
effectiveApertureDiameter	~24.5 meters ⓘ
expectedFirstLight	late 2020s ⓘ
hasTechnology	active optics ⓘ adaptive optics ⓘ advanced spectrographs ⓘ wide-field imaging ⓘ
location	Atacama Desert ⓘ Chile ⓘ Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
numberOfPrimaryMirrorSegments	7 ⓘ
partOf	next-generation extremely large telescopes ⓘ
primaryMirrorConfiguration	segmented mirror ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameterPerSegment	8.4 meters ⓘ
projectOrganization	Giant Magellan Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
projectPartners	Australian institutions ⓘ Brazilian institutions ⓘ Chilean institutions ⓘ Israeli institutions ⓘ Korean institutions ⓘ Other international partners ⓘ United States institutions ⓘ
projectStatus	under construction ⓘ
scienceGoals	black hole physics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ stellar astrophysics ⓘ study of dark energy ⓘ study of dark matter ⓘ study of exoplanets ⓘ study of first stars and galaxies ⓘ study of galaxy formation and evolution ⓘ
scientificMethod	high-dispersion spectroscopy ⓘ high-resolution imaging ⓘ multi-object spectroscopy ⓘ
siteElevation	~2550 meters ⓘ
telescopeType	reflecting telescope ⓘ
wavelengthRange	near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ

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TMT → comparedTo → Giant Magellan Telescope ⓘ