Article: Astronomical telescope construction project is scheduled in Chile for summer.

Dictionary definition: Carnegie Observatories
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      258 words ...Carnegie Observatories The astronomy department of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, with headquarters in Pasadena, California. It operates the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, which includes the twin Magellan Telescopes . http://www.ociw.edu/

Transcript: Profile: Process of building the Giant Magellan ...
NPR All Things Considered;  July 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... telescope. The Giant Magellan will be so large ... director of the Carnegie Observatories and head of the ... sponsoring the Giant Magellan Scope. Ms. WENDY ... FREEDMAN (Director, Carnegie Observatories): With a telescope ...

Article: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR GIANT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Founders' Agreement to construct and operate the 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) at Las Campanas Observatory in the Andes ... Freedman, GMT Corporation Board chair and director of the Carnegie Observatories. "The Founders group represents an extraordinary team ...

Article: George P. Mitchell Leads A&M and UT Partnership for Giant ...
PR Newswire;  April 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... making Aggies and Longhorns partners in the $550 million Giant Magellan Telescope. The GMT will be the world's largest telescope ... of astronomy," said Dr. Wendy Freedman, director of Carnegie Observatories for the Carnegie Institution and director of the GMT Consortium ...

Article: A&M SIGNS GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE AGREEMENT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Founders' Agreement to construct and operate the 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) at Las Campanas Observatory in the Andes ... chair of the GMT Corporation Board and director o f the Carnegie Observatories. "The Founders' group represents an extraordinary team ...

Article: Giant Magellan Telescope to dwarf Hubble
University Wire;  February 1, 2005 ;     550 words ... ... required to form the next generation of telescopes, the Giant Magellan Telescope. The GMT will be used to research the birth of ... Observatory Mirror Laboratory next summer was funded by the Giant Magellan Telescope Consortium. The consortium, of which Carnegie ...

Dictionary definition: Giant Magellan Telescope
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      390 words ...Giant Magellan Telescope ( GMT ) A segmented‐mirror telescope of extremely large diameter being built in Chile by a consortium of ...