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Welcome GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE OUR BEST LOOKOUT ONTO THE UNIVERSE GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE OUR BEST LOOKOUT ONTO THE UNIVERSE GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE OTHER WORLDS GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR WORLD GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE THE UNEXPECTED LIGO Collaboration GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE THE UNKNOWN GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE OUR BEST LOOKOUT ONTO THE UNIVERSE Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab Industrial Connections, Public and Private Partnerships and Innovations by Jeffrey S. Kingsley Director of Projects, Engineering and Technical Services for Steward Observatory and the College of Optical Sciences & Associate Director of Steward Observatory Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab (RFCML) formerly the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab (SOML) Stressed lap polishing and figuring of the LBT2 8.4-m mirror Rotating furnace,RFCML where on mirrorsthe East up side to 8.4 of meterArizona (28 Stadium’) diameter are cast Polishing lap with LPM in the fore ground and LOG in RFCML 10-m rotating furnace for casting large mirrors the background with test tower in the middle. Bird’s eye view of Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) OverviewPathfinder for GMT Telescopes I – LBT This is the largest mirror ever made. So is this. November 20, 2012 LMC Visit Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) two Primary Mirrors LBT is the largest optical telescope in the world at an altitude of 10,563’ (3,221 m)! The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham in Southern Arizona Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory are part of a major Industry for the State of Arizona Astronomy has $1.2 Billion of infrastructure in the state of Arizona Astronomy provides 3,000 jobs (direct) in the state Astronomy provides $260M in economic impact (direct) in the state (as per Eller College of Management 2006 Study) State of Arizona played an important role by providing initial investment in our facilities on Mount Graham, Kitt Peak, Mount Hopkins, Mount Lemmon, and Mount Bigelow -- which we have heavily leveraged with federal and partnership funding. Federal Government played critical role in enabling the innovative development of science and technology that sustains our science and strengthens our country. RFCML Industrial Connections Produces the E6 low thermal expansion glass chunks used to make large mirrors. Produces the refractory materials used to make the mirror molds for casting large mirrors. Produces the polishing cells, transport boxes and test tower steel fabrication. Produces the laser tracker we used to measure the mirrors and align the optical systems Public Partnerships Public Partners: NSF, NASA, JPL, DOE, United States Air Force, Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) , El Observatorio Astonomico Nacional (OAN), University of Tokyo , Arizona State University, Northern Arizona State University and many others. Private Partnerships Private Partners: Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), Magellan Telescopes, Vatican Advance Technology Telescope, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Magellan Telescopes are a pair of 6.5 m (21.3 ft) The Vatican Advance Technology Telescope diameter optical telescopes located at Las located on Mount Graham in Arizona. Campanas Observatory in Chile. A collaboration between Carnegie Institution for Science, University of Arizona, Harvard University, The University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology built and operate the twin telescopes. Private Partnership Giant Magellan Telescope UA a 10% partner in GMT. 1st off-axis segment completed and three other currently contracted with UA. 7 - 8.4 meter large stiff monolithic mirrors 27-feet in diameter with a collecting area of 24.5 meters 7- Adaptive Optics (AO) secondary mirrors Extremely high resolution and contract by simple optical design GMT instrument complement Planned for operation in 2023 G-CLEF Optical high resolution spectrometer 0.35-0.95 mm GMACS Optical multi-object spectrograph 0.35-1.0 mm TIGER Mid-IR AO-fed imager/spectrograph 1.5-14 mm GMTIFS Near IR AO-fed integral field unit 0.9-2.5 mm GMTNIRS Near/mid IR AO-fed high res. spectrograph 1.5-5.0 mm NIRMOS Near IR AO fed multi-object spectrograph 0.9-2.5 mm Las Campanas Observatory in Chile Example of a Public and Private Partnership FOV = 3.5 degree dia. Magnitude = 27 Camera Size= 3.2 billion pixels Designed as a dark energy , Near Earth object and • Astronomer (research,Survey Sky in ~3operations nights &celestial teaching) cinematography machine • Engineering 30TB of data every night Discovery of the fantastic things in our world LSST is a public-private partnership. The New Sky will be enabled by broad private and public support. Contributors provide support through direct funding or substantial in-kind support. Contributors include funding agencies, private foundations, individuals, and LSST Member Institutions. UA Founding Partner in the Project with a contact for the M1M3 mirrors Cerro Pachón in Chilé RFCML Innovations Large Spin Casting Mirrors Roger Angel’s innovation of spin casting low expansion glass to form a thick, light weight mirror able to come to thermal equilibrium quickly leads to low cost, large mirrors used in many of the world’s leading observatories. RFCML Innovations Cascade of Optical Technologies Principal Scanning Laser Tracker optical test pentaprism Plus test RFCML Innovations Solar Energy Technologies Fast accurate slumping of glass panels Solar trackers Spin-off company Power conversion units RFCML Production Schedule .