January 14, 2009
+ 08/2008 - AURA/NOAO Hosts Meeting of GSMT Stakeholders
+ 06/2008 - AURA sends response letters to GMT and TMT Boards
+ 04/2008 - AURA Receives Letters from GMT and TMT Boards
+ 12/2007 - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Commits $200 Million Support for Thirty Meter Telescope
+ 06/2007 - GSMT Science Working Group Re-established
+ 06/2007 - AURA Releases GSMT Program Plan
+ 01/2007 - Steps Toward a Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope - Joint Statement Issued: Following a meeting between AURA/NOAO, the NSF, and representatives of the Thirty Meter Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope on January 11 in Tucson, a joint statement was released establishing the new role for AURA/NOAO as a National Program Manager for GSMT. We welcome this new mission and will work to make this a success.
+ 06/2006 - Thirty Meter Telescope passes conceptual design review (PDF)
+ 11/2005 - AURA's Response to GMT Board
+ 11/2005 - AURA Receives Letter From GMT Board
+ 10/2005 - AURA solicits Letters of Intent for the design of a Large Optical Telescope
+ Status and Prospects of AURA's Involvement (PDF, 630KB, Updated 10/11/2005)
+ 08/2005 - AURA Renews Charter for the New Initiatives Office
+ 07/2005 - AURA submitted a restructured proposal for the GSMT. Click here for a summary of that proposal. The following links contain an in-depth explanation of the status of the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope, AURA’s involvement in a Thirty Meter Telescope, a brief description of the restructured proposal, Questions and Answers, and finally a forum to receive your comments and input. AURA is vitally interested in active feedback from the community on this issue.
+ Chronology of Decision Making Regarding GSMT (Updated 12/21/2005)
+ Questions & Answers regarding AURA's Involvement (PDF, 84KB, Updated 03/2004)
+ Forum for a National Dialogue on a Thirty Meter Telescope
GSMT SWG Meeting - Los Angeles - October 20, 2005
+ Science Case I: The Early Universe (PowerPoint, 4.5MB)
+ Science Case II: Stellar Populations in External Galaxies (PowerPoint, 7.2MB)
+ Update on GMT (PowerPoint, 3.5MB)
+ TMT Project Status (PowerPoint, 7.6MB)
GSMT Presentations
+ 06/2006 - Funding for Adaptive Optics in the US: An Overview
+ 07/2005 - A Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope: Its Science and Synergy with JWST: The Power of Two
+ 03/2005 - AO Systems - A presentation to Dr. Michael Turner, NSF - Prepared by Jay Frogel (PDF, 5.6MB)
+ 01/2005 - Presentation on GSMT approval process by Michael Turner to ACCORD (PowerPoint, 322KB)
+ 06/2004 - Presentation to the Observatories Council (Power Point, 1.4MB)
+ 02/2004 - Presentation to AURA Board (Power Point, 33KB)
+ 06/2003 - A Presentation to the NOAO Program Review Panel (PDF, 3.3MB)
AAS Meeting Presentations - January 2005
- Providing Access for US Astronomers to the Next Generation of Large Ground Based OIR Telescopes
(Power Point, 92KB)
- Frontier Science Enabled by a Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (Power Point, 5.1MB)
- The Giant Magellan Telescope (Power Point, 9.6MB)
- The Thirty Meter Telescope Project (Power Point, 4.2MB)
- Future work of the SWG (Power Point, 31KB)