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The Giant Magellan Telescope & Australia

The Giant Magellan Telescope & Australia. Penny D. Sackett Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories. Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). . . . What ? . . . Who ? . . . Where ? . . . Why ? . . . When ? . . . How ?. What.

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The Giant Magellan Telescope & Australia

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  1. The Giant Magellan Telescope & Australia Penny D. SackettDirector, Research School of Astronomy & AstrophysicsMt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories

  2. Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) • . . . What ? • . . . Who ? • . . . Where ? • . . . Why ? • . . . When ? • . . . How ?

  3. What . . . • Visible, near-R and mid-IR ELT • Seven 8.4m mirrors • Adaptive, segmented secondary • Multiple AO modes • Equivalent aperture : 21.5m • Pupil Diameter : 25.3m • Field of view : 20 - 30 arcmin

  4. Who . . . • Carnegie Institution of Washington • Harvard University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory • Texas A&M University • The Australian National University • The University of Texas at Austin • University of Arizona • University of Michigan • + most recently, the US National Science Foundation

  5. Where . . . • Testing several sites on Las Campanas in Northern Chile • Excellent seeing (< 0.6” at 50th %) • Southern Hemisphere • Much of infrastructure in place • Site statistics for over 30 years • Suitable for mid-IR 20% of time (?)

  6. Why . . . • Science : Wide-field, Multiple AO modes, excellent PSF • Location : Synergy with SKA, ALMA, Gemini; site available • Partners : Strong technical & academic collaborations • Long term Future : 2015 - 2045 (our students students) • Influence : Equal partnership & in early enough to matter • Risk Mitigation : CoDR, 1st mirror cast, prototypes • Industrial advantages : AU GMT industrial consortium • Share per Cost : Matched to 10%+ Australian ambition

  7. GMT Discovery Space www.mso.anu.edu.au/research/meetings/gmt 100pc z = 1 10 1000 100 KPC Stellar Astrophysics Seeing Young Stars AU IGM 5/D Distant gal GLAO Young Exoplanets Angular Resolution (mas) 1 3/D 100 10 Old Exoplanets Distant gal Black Holes 1.2/D First light 0.1 1 1 0.3 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 10 20 Wavelength (m)

  8. 1” 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 2004 2012 When . . . • M1 Cast • Concept Dev • CoDR • GMT Inc • Design Dev • CDR • Construction and Install • Occupy Base • Commission • First Science • Routine Ops

  9. 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 2004 2012 When . . . • M1 Cast • Concept Dev • CoDR • GMT Inc • Design Dev • CDR • Construction and Install • Occupy Base • Commission • First Science • Routine Ops

  10. 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 2004 2012 Funded ? When . . . • Concept Dev • ANU is GMT partner • GMT Inc • Design Dev • NCRIS $ • Construction and Install • ARA Inc • LM bidCommission • Routine Ops

  11. 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 2004 2012 When . . . • Concept Dev • ANU is GMT partner • GMT Inc • Design Dev • NCRIS $ • Construction and Install • ARA Inc • LM bidCommission • Routine Ops

  12. A Giant First Step • On 14 April 2006: • ANU became a Founding Partner in GMT • Signed MoU • Paid entry fee • Has two GMT Board seats • Negotiating Legal Agreement • Expect to raise 5-10% of DDP funds Next Step :Leverage ANU entry to full AU entry

  13. ANU is GMT partner 2006 2008 2010 2014 2016 2018 2020 2004 2012 ANU & ARA co-partner Funded ? AUSTRALIA is GMT partner How . . . • NCRIS $ • LM bid

  14. Intermediate Step • Week beginning 26 June 2006 : • ANU Vice Chancellor chooses • Matthew Colless as second ANU-appointed representative to GMT Board • Begins the transition to eventual ARA+ANU co-partnership via an approach already approved by the GMT Board Chair Next Step :Develop MoU for co-partnership that GMT agreement can accommodate

  15. AU Representation on GMT Bodies GMT Board of Directors : Colless & Sackett overall policy & governance Science Working Group : Asplund & Couch scientific priorities, instruments, site selection, operations Project Scientists’ Working Group : Barden, Jenkins & McGregor technical guidance, telescope and instrument design teams Project Office : Pasadena project management, engineering, contracting, construction

  16. Funding Management Work/Report Current Governance ANU MoU L A GMT Board 1 vote, 2 ANU appointees: Sackett & Colless GMT Project Office ELTWG + ANU GMT Project Office Industrial partners Astronomical institutions

  17. Funding ANU NCRIS Management L A MoU Work/Report Astronomy Research Australia Board ARA management Target Governance Model for GMT DDP GMT Board 2 AUS members, 1 ARA + 1 ANU, with 1 vote ARA members GMT Project Office Australian GMT Project Office Other NCRIS projects Industrial partners Astronomical institutions

  18. GMT + Australia • A remarkable opportunity to • Partner with the best internationally now • in science, technology & leadership • While leveraging current investment to create a world premier facility for ourselves, • our students, and • our students students.

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