Gran Telescopio Canarias
(GTC, Gran Tecan)
(10.4 meter telescope in the Canary Islands)
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC, aka Gran Tecan) is a
10.4 meter segmented-mirror reflector telescope
at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) in the Canary Islands.
It is currently (2023) the largest single-aperture
optical telescope in the world.
It began operation in 2009.
Instruments:
Future:
- HiPERCAM - multi-band imager.
- GTCAO+FRIDA - imaging and integral field spectrograph.
- MIRADAS - multi-object spectrograph/polarimeter.
- GTC-HRS - high resolution spectrograph.
- CHORUS - "Canarian Hybrid Optical high-Resolution Ultra-stable Spectrograph".
Past:
- HORuS - high-resolution spectrograph.
- CanariCam - infrared imager with spectrograph.
- CIRCE - imaging and polarimetry.
(telescope,reflector,visible light,infrared,ground,Canary Islands)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Telescopio_Canarias
http://www.gtc.iac.es/
Referenced by pages:
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope (RCT)
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM)
segmented mirror
SHARDS
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