Santiago, November 12, 2015, 09:21 – REGNUM Giant Magellan Telescope ( Giant Magellan Telescope ; HMT) began to build in the Atacama Desert (Chile). HMT will be the largest telescope in the world, according to Foxnews.
It is reported that President of Chile Michelle Bachelet participated in the launch of the construction. The telescope will be the largest in the world, as it will allow to take a qualitatively new photos: 10 times sharper than the Hubble allows us to.
The purpose of HMT – help answer questions of cosmology and astrophysics, as well as conduct research of planets outside our solar system.
It is also noted that Chile due including the construction of the telescope – a giant becomes the world capital of astronomy.
Recall that the largest ground-based observatory in the world earned in the mountains of Chile. The complex consists of 66 radio telescopes height of 10 m. With their help, astronomers can see and explore what was once was hidden from them. The processes of formation of planets and stars, black holes and new galaxies. Grand Research Center – a joint project of the euro area, the United States, Canada, Chile and Japan. Its construction has been invested over $ 1 billion.
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Recall that the Giant Magellan Telescope is scheduled to start operation in the 2020s. The first mirror telescope was cast in 2005.
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