A ‘Large Earth Finder’ to be Installed in a Newly-Built $1 Billion Telescope

A ‘Large Earth Finder’ to be Installed in a Newly-Built  Billion Telescope

The Giant Magellan Telescope, currently under construction at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, is one of a handful of “extremely large” ground-based telescopes that promise to revolutionize astrophysics. Comprised of seven individual mirrors, each 27.6 feet in diameter, the telescope will have a joint collecting area of 80 feet and the best image quality …

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