Eyes on the sky
A roster of new and proposed telescopes
By Science News
E-ELT | |
Full name: | The European Extremely Large Telescope |
Mirror: | 42 meters diameter |
Timeline: | Projected to open in 2018 |
Projected cost: | €1 billion |
Basic mission: | largest ground-based optical/near-infrared telescope |
Location: | Possible sites in Chile, Argentina, Canary Islands, Morocco |
Online: | E-ELT Homepage – ESA |
GMT |
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Full name: | Giant Magellan Telescope |
Mirror: | 24.5 m |
Timeline: | 2018 completion |
Basic mission: | Next-generation telescope; large collecting area and high image quality |
Location: | Las Campanas Observatory in Chile |
Online: | GMT Homepage |