TMT participated in the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program exhibit at the 2023 NSBP (National Society of Black Physicists) annual conference in Knoxville, Tennessee on 9–12 November 2023.
Saeko Hayashi (TMT/NAOJ) and Takashi Nakamoto (TMT/NAOJ) described the design of the M1 segment, its support structure, and associated control systems.
TMT staff gave introductory talks about TMT sciences, AO and science instrument capabilities, the connection between science cases and instrument requirements and the status in Hawaiʻi.
TMT Project Manager Fengchuan Liu and Education, Outreach, and Broader Impacts Manager Yuko Kakazu gave presentations at the International Astronomical Union Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting (APRIM 2023) held from 7–11 August, in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
U.S. Representative Judy Chu of California visited the TMT Lab in Monrovia in August 2023. TIO Executive Director Bob Kirshner and other project team members were on hand to talk about the project's development and showcase the work going on in the lab.
Sergio Salata, Astronomy Project Manager of Added Value Solutions (AVS) in Tenerife visits the TMT office. Sergio (far-right) joins a group of Caltech astronomy summer undergraduate research students, led by Prof. Matthew Graham (center), Project Scientist for the Zwicky Transient Factory, and visits the TMT lab. in California on 20 July 2023.
Sr. Optical Engineer & Group Leader of the M1 Optics at ITOFF S. Sriram (from left) along with optics team members Chetan C (Sr. Optics Technician), T. Nataraj (Sr. Optics Technician), Sanjeev Jha (Optical Engineer), Pramod Panchal (Optical Engineer), Remya B S (Sr. Optics Technical Assistant), Devika Divakar (Scientific Associate), Alikhan Basheer (Optical Engineer).
Commissioning of TMT’s Primary Mirror Segment Polishing and Metrology Equipment in India -
TMT’s APS includes all the necessary hardware, software, and interfaces to the Telescope Control System and M1, M2, and M3 control systems required to accomplish precise alignment of all TMT’s mirrors. The APS will have the capability to phase the 492 M1 segments so they behave as one unique single mirror of 30 meters in diameter.
A Maunakea Coin Contest Winner collects her prize bag and smiles for the camera while being announced and applauded on stage with Uncle Kimo Pihana and Nadine Manset, another Coin Contest Committee member.
The first place overall winner, Lindsey Nicole Julian smiles with her plaque while standing next to her design.
Photo montage of the TMT team at AstroDay, where families could explore activities and STEM projects taking place in the Hawaiʻi community and enjoy experiments from local groups
