Magellan Telescope Project for 2015

[Muddy Diver]

Anyone hear the news announced yesterday of the new telescope to be built by Australian / American engineers called Magellan. Due to be completed in 2015, it has a fast reaction and quick movement mirror designed to compensate for the movement or fuzziness of an image caused by our atmosphere. Predictions are that immaculate imagery will beachieved from Earth.

[ving]

whats it called? adaptive optics or something isnt it... hang on, i'll gogle that.

[ving]

not gogle, google! :rolleyes:
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/physopt/ao/ao.html
and thers a centre for AO in the UK i think it was...
there was a talk at my astro soc (MAS) last year i think it was about this topic. very interesting!
I'd love to adapt it to my scope :)

[Muddy Diver]

Adaptive Optics???? Now if you had mentioned "low order bimorph deformable mirror system" I would have known what you were talking about!

Where do they get these terms. Good article though and its UK and Australian too. I thought the Americans were in there but I suppose they have Hubble don't they.

[Greg Bryant]

Yes, here's the press release on ANU joining the team.

http://www.gmto.org/newsitems/gmt_adds_anu

Australia already has some time on the current Magellan telescope (my wife will be using it this coming June). The new Giant Magellan Telescope will see even more Australian observers!

[Muddy Diver]

Good article Greg, Thanks



You could try Ving! Not sure you would be able to get it to Kulnurra though!:eyepop: By the way, I'm set on going on the 29th and have offered a ride up if you want it! check out the observing sessions thread and let me know.:thumbsup:

[ving]

not yet sure if i am going, but i'll let ya know thru here (or pm)well before hand :)