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Friday, June 23, 2006
Astronomers to meet in Miami to plan for world’s largest telescope
The telescope under construction in 2002.
Astronomers from Spain, Mexico and the United States will gather in Miami next week to plan for the first observations of the world’s largest telescope – a $160 million behemoth under development for the past six years on Spain’s Canary Islands. The Gran Telescopio Canarias or GTC has its home at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma.
When the GTC is completed, the telescope will have a 10.4 meter, or 34.1 foot, primary mirror, the largest mirror of any optical telescope in the world. That will give it unprecedented power to peer into the heavens — the equivalent of the ability to see the edge of a dime from two miles away, said UF astronomy professor Charlie Telesco.
Astronomers to meet in Miami to plan for world’s largest telescope
Related links: (in English)
El Gran Telescopio CANARIAS
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Wikipedia)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Official Site)
