"The scale of the moveable structure presents several unusual design challenges. Outside the telescope world, Bigelow likens it to the moveable oculus roof on Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta." Read more from Engineering News-Record on our recent milestone #ICYMI: https://lnkd.in/g54jETTk
Giant Magellan Telescope
Research Services
Pasadena, CA 14,970 followers
World’s most powerful telescope designed to discover the unknown. The Universe Awaits™
About us
World’s most powerful telescope designed to discover the unknown. The Universe Awaits™
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http://www.giantmagellan.org
External link for Giant Magellan Telescope
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Pasadena, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
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300 N. Lake Avenue
14th Floor
Pasadena, CA 91101, US
Employees at Giant Magellan Telescope
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Jean Souza, PE
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Randy Stringer
CFO ∙ Board Relations ∙ Management Consulting ∙ Strategic Planning ∙ Fractional Head of FP&A ∙ Technology Finance ∙ Enterprise PMO ∙ Former Logistics…
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King-Ming Lam
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Kevin Mills
Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at the Giant Magellan Telescope
Updates
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The Giant Magellan’s primary mirrors are the world’s largest and most challenging optics ever produced. All seven have been cast at the University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. Read more about what these giant optics will do: https://lnkd.in/gZpXNnfH
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“In terms of conventional building metrics, think about a 22-story building where the upper 18 stories of the building rotate...we’re talking about a massive moveable structure,” shares Giant Magellan Site, Enclosure, and Facilities Manager Bruce C. Bigelow with Jeffrey Rubenstone of Engineering News-Record. https://lnkd.in/g54jETTk
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It’s been an engaging week in Yokohama, Japan, at the SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Biennial Telescopes and Instrumentation Exhibition. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our #SPIEastro booth and attended sessions to hear from our team on telescope progress.
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Large steel fabrication of the Giant Magellan Telescope mount is progressing in Illinois, Alabama, and Michigan. 4 of 8 track weldments are near complete at Comet Fabricating & Welding and welding of the azimuth disk (the spinning base of the telescope) is underway at Dynasty Fab. The altitude-azimuth mount provides the telescope’s supporting framework. The massive precision tool (being built with Ingersoll Machine Tools) will glide frictionlessly in three degrees of freedom for the giant primary mirrors to observe the night sky. https://lnkd.in/grmXHG6y
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Since 2021, EKA has partnered with the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMTO), supporting them with refrigeration design for the mirrors' thermal control. Our focus on natural refrigeration and GMTO team's high standards have been crucial in their final design review. Read our latest article to learn more about this stellar collaboration 🚀🔭 👉 Läs mer: https://lnkd.in/d8nc39X5 Bellow: pictures of the CO2 training for GMTO's team last October. Thanks to Oliver McIrwin Dave Ashby Michael Gardiner Trupti R. John Ford Barbara Fischer among others !
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Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction Learn more & get our take 👇 https://lnkd.in/gpub7ezu "The final design of the enclosure is unique and an important feat of technical management, design, and engineering. We are very grateful for the committee’s professional assessment as we proceed towards construction.” — Bruce C. Bigelow, Site Infrastructure, Enclosure, and Facilities Manager at Giant Magellan Telescope "Their well-known architectural accomplishments combined with their engineering expertise in large and complex movable structures has been critical to the design of this unique structure.” — William Burgett, Project Manager at Giant Magellan "Our team approached the challenge of the Giant Magellan Telescope enclosure knowing that this structure would be responsible for enabling some of the most important scientific discoveries of our lifetimes.” — Tom Lorentz, North American President at IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture #construction #telescope #SoCNews
Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction
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Have you secured your free #SPIEAstro exhibit visitor badge yet? Don't delay! Join us from 18 - 20 June at the Pacifico Yokohama North to meet top suppliers supporting the astronomical engineering community. Details can be found on our website: https://lnkd.in/gvB7WWRv
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World’s most powerful telescope ready for construction Construction is now ready to start on the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile, which will be one of the world’s largest astronomical facilities when completed. Architecture and Engineering firm, IDOM recently completed the final design review for the project. When completed, the 65-meter-tall enclosure will be one of the largest mechanised buildings ever constructed. At over 5,000 metric tons, the enclosure will be able to complete a full rotation in four minutes. It will be equipped with 46-meter-tall shutter doors that reveal the 25.4-meter telescope for unobstructed scientific observations. The smart building is designed to control the telescope’s operating environment by protecting seven of the world’s largest mirrors as they track celestial objects across the sky more than a billion light years away. IDOM began developing the Giant Magellan Telescope enclosure design over two years ago following a global search and extensive evaluation process. “Our team approached the challenge of the Giant Magellan Telescope enclosure knowing that this structure would be responsible for enabling some of the most important scientific discoveries of our lifetimes,” said IDOM North American President, Tom Lorentz. Construction of the telescope components housed within the enclosure are advancing rapidly. For example, over the past year, fabrication commenced on the seventh and final primary mirror in Arizona, while manufacturing of the 39-meter-tall mount structure began in Illinois. Other advancements include near completion of the telescope’s first adaptive secondary mirror and significant progress on a suite of high-resolution imagers and spectrographs. For more information on the Construction, Mining Equipment and Allied Industries, please reach us at www.equipmenttimes.in Ramamurthy Mayavan Philip Varghese #Engineering #astronomical #telescope #constructionmachinery #infrastructure #constructionequipment #manufacturing #equipment #manufacturing #construction
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Humanity will soon have a new eye peering out into the universe. Due to start operating in the early 2030s, the Giant Magellan Telescope will look for signs of life on distant planets using seven of the world's largest mirrors. There are some seismic challenges, however – an average of six earthquakes a month in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Protecting the mirrors from the frequently powerful shakes requires some extreme engineering. #space #telescope #engineering #earthquakes Giant Magellan Telescope IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture
How engineers are protecting the world’s largest mirrors from frequent earthquakes
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