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Science instrument development for the Giant Magellan Telescope

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Jaffe, Daniel T; DePoy, Darren; Fabricant, D G; Hinz, Philip; Jacoby, George H; Johns, Matt; McCarthy, Patrick; McGregor, Peter; Shectman, Stephen; Szentgyorgyi, Andrew

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The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a 24.5m diameter optical/infrared telescope. Its seven 8.4m primary mirrors give it a collecting area equivalent to a 21.4m filled aperture. The ten GMT partners are constructing the telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile with first light planned for the end of 2018. In this paper, we describe the plans for the first-generation focal plane instrumentation for the telescope. The GMTO Corporation has solicited studies for instruments capable of...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorJaffe, Daniel T
dc.contributor.authorDePoy, Darren
dc.contributor.authorFabricant, D G
dc.contributor.authorHinz, Philip
dc.contributor.authorJacoby, George H
dc.contributor.authorJohns, Matt
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorMcGregor, Peter
dc.contributor.authorShectman, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorSzentgyorgyi, Andrew
dc.coverage.spatialSan Diego, CA
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:00:02Z
dc.date.createdJune 27-July 2 2010
dc.identifier.isbn9780819482259
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/83954
dc.description.abstractThe Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a 24.5m diameter optical/infrared telescope. Its seven 8.4m primary mirrors give it a collecting area equivalent to a 21.4m filled aperture. The ten GMT partners are constructing the telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile with first light planned for the end of 2018. In this paper, we describe the plans for the first-generation focal plane instrumentation for the telescope. The GMTO Corporation has solicited studies for instruments capable of carrying out the broad range of objectives outlined in the GMT Science Case. Six instruments have been selected for 14 month long conceptual design studies. We briefly describe the features of these instruments and give examples of the major science questions that they can address.
dc.publisherSPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III
dc.sourceProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.subjectKeywords: Focal Plane; Giant magellan telescopes; Instrument development; Primary mirrors; Astronomy; Conceptual design; Instruments; Optical telescopes
dc.titleScience instrument development for the Giant Magellan Telescope
dc.typeConference paper
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
dc.date.issued2010
local.identifier.absfor020102 - Astronomical and Space Instrumentation
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB12229
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationJaffe, Daniel T , The University of Texas at Austin
local.contributor.affiliationDePoy, Darren, Texas A&M University
local.contributor.affiliationFabricant, D G, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationHinz, Philip, University of Arizona
local.contributor.affiliationJacoby, George H, Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
local.contributor.affiliationJohns, Matt , Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
local.contributor.affiliationMcCarthy, Patrick, Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
local.contributor.affiliationMcGregor, Peter, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationShectman, Stephen, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
local.contributor.affiliationSzentgyorgyi, Andrew, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage773525
local.identifier.doi10.1117/12.856619
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:41:13Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77958125696
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