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                sorgerà nel deserto del Cile e sarà operativo nel 2029
                magellano, il nuovo




                gigantesco telescopio





                L’azienda bresciana Camozzi coinvolta nella realizzazione



                   di Emilio Tripodi

                        un telescopio terrestre
                        di nuova generazione
                        che promette di rivolu-
                È  zionare la nostra com-
                prensione e la nostra visione
                dell’universo. Il GMT (Giant
                Magellan Telescope) è pensato
                per favorire scoperte rivoluzio-
                narie nell’ambito della cosmolo-
                gia, dello studio dei buchi neri,
                dell’energia oscura e della ricer-
                ca della vita oltre il nostro siste-
                ma solare. Lo specchio primario
                del telescopio combina sette
                segmenti circolari di 8,4 metri di
                diametro per formare un’aper-
                                                  mastermill gantry cover




                MaGeLLaN, tHe NeW  GiaNt teLeSCoPe              servatory in the Atacama desert in Chile. It is a project car-
                                                                ried out by a distinguished international consortium, made
                  t is a new generation terrestrial telescope that promises to   up  of  twelve  universities  and  scientific  institutes,  financed
                Irevolutionize our understanding and vision of the universe.   by  partner institutions, governments  and private  donors.
                The GmT (Giant magellan Telescope) is designed to promote   To carry out this impressive work of engineering will bw a
                revolutionary discoveries in the field of cosmology, the study   company from Brescia, called the Camozzi Group, through its
                of black holes, dark energy and the search for life beyond our   subsidiary Ingersoll machine Tools, which will work together
                solar system. The telescope’s primary mirror combines seven   with the German company named mT mechanotronics. The
                circular segments of 8.4 meters in diameter to form an ope-  Giant magellan Telescope is a latest-generation observatory
                ning of 24.5 meters in diameter. The GmT will have a visual   designed to reach the frontiers of astronomy: it will revolu-
                definition ten times greater than that of today’s major tele-  tionize the understanding and vision of the universe and will
                scopes (including the NASA Hubble Space Telescope). This   increase cosmological research. It could therefore make disco-
                innovative structure will be located at the las Campanas Ob-  veries that would forever change the vision of our collocation



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