Event Details

Dr. Skidmore will discuss some of the observational capabilities that the Thirty Meter Telescope will provide and some of the areas of study that will benefit from the TMT’s capabilities. He will describe how the telescope design was developed to support a broad range of observing capabilities and how the observatory is being engineered. Finally, Dr, Skidmore will describe the avenues through which astronomers can actively participate in the project; in the planning for a potential TMT/NSF partnership, preparing for the development of 2nd generation instruments and directing the scientific aims for the observatory.