Thirty Meter Telescope Highlights: Milestones in Mirror Polishing; Advances in Adaptive Optics; Exoplanet Capabilities
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 07:49
in Physics & Chemistry
The April 2010 issue of Segments, the quarterly newsletter of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project, describes the progress TMT has made in the polishing of its primary mirror segments, acquiring sodium lasers for its adaptive optics system, and the role TMT will play in the hunt for extra-solar planets.