What are the Magellan Telescopes?
Q: What are the Magellan Telescopes?
A: The Magellan Telescopes are two optical telescopes with a diameter of 6.5 meters located at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
Q: Who were the Magellan Telescopes named after?
A: The Magellan Telescopes were named after Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer.
Q: What are the names of each telescope at the Magellan Observatory?
A: Each telescope has a name; the Baade telescope after astronomer Walter Baade, and the Clay telescope after philanthropist Landon T. Clay.
Q: When was first light achieved for the Baade and Clay telescopes?
A: The Baade telescope achieved first light on September 15, 2000, and the Clay telescope achieved first light on September 7, 2002.
Q: Who worked together to build and operate the Magellan Telescopes?
A: The Magellan Telescopes were built and operated by a collaboration of the Carnegie Institution for Science, University of Arizona, Harvard University, University of Michigan, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Q: What is the Magellan Planet Search Program?
A: The Magellan Planet Search Program is a project using a spectrograph mounted on the 6.5m Magellan II (Clay) telescope to search for planets.
Q: What is the purpose of the Magellan Planet Search Program?
A: The purpose of the Magellan Planet Search Program is to search for planets using the spectrograph mounted on the 6.5m Magellan II (Clay) telescope.
