Exploring Your Universe (EYU) 2022, at UCLA on Nov. 6, 2022 - The TMT team from Pasadena (Christophe Dumas, Warren Skidmore, Saeko Hayashi, Denis Zaytsev, Cynthia Zhang, Yvonne Chen, Amir Sadjadpour and Nanci Préel Dumas) provided activities to many visitors from the greater Los Angeles community in UCLA’s Court of Sciences - Video Credit: TMT International Observatory
Timelapse video from the ITCC/ L&T/ TIO PO Assembly activities for the first SSA built at L&T in India.
TMT’s booth at the Eliot Arts Magnet School Science Festival in Altadena on April 23, 2022. TMT volunteers participated in the outreach event, where students, parents and teachers could explore a myriad of activities in STEM and environmental projects that take place in Pasadena.
Meet Leinani Lozi, Hawaii Community Outreach Specialist at TMT - Mars 2022 - Hilo, HI
Meet Yuko Kakazu, Japanese Astronomer and Outreach Specialist at Subaru telescope and TMT-Hilo team
ਬੰਗਲੌਰ, ਇੰਡੀਆ ਇੰਸਟੀਚਿਊਟ ਆਫ਼ ਐਸਟ੍ਰੋਫਿਜ਼ਿਕਸ ਵਿਖੇ ਇੰਡੀਆ TMT ਕੋਆਰਡੀਨੇਸ਼ਨ ਸੈਂਟਰ (ਆਈਟੀਸੀਸੀ) ਤੋਂ ਰਾਜਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ ਨਾਰਾਇਣਨ ਨਾਲ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਇੰਟਰਵਿਊ ਰਾਜਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ ਦੀ ਟੀਮ ਦਾ ਟੀਚਾ ਸਾਰੇ TMT ਆਬਜ਼ਰਵੇਟਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਸਾਂਝੇ ਸੌਫਟਵਅੇ ਰ ਨੰ ਵਿਕਸਤ ਕਰਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਟੈਸਟ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੈ।
Time-lapse video from August 2021
TMTのラビンダー・バーティア(Ravinder Bhatia)副プロジェクトマネジャーが国立天文台の林左絵子准教授をインタビューしました。英語版では2人が向かい合って話していますが、日本語版ではそのやりとりの内容に合わせて、林が話しています。いずれもパンデミック前の録画のため、特段の感染症対策を要しなかった時期のものです。
Meet the TMT Team: Video Interview with Saeko Hayashi. TMT Associate Project Manager Ravinder Bhatia interviews Saeko Hayashi, one of the Quality Assurance Engineer in Optics at TMT.
TMT segment storage
Video interview with Professor A.N. Ramaprakash (Ram).
Shipping each of the 574 extremely fragile primary mirror segments with all its electronics and components isn't an easy task.
Significant violent crash impacts of four meters per second were conducted and demonstrated the level of protection for TMT’s extremely fragile equipment. Shock loads on the SSA and PMA did not exceed maximum allowable values.
The entire TMT team wishes you a Happy Holidays season and Happy New Year 2021! In the spirit of the holidays, we share with you some artistic impressions made by the youngest members of the TMT family.
Meet the TMT Team: Video Interview with Caty Pilachowski. APM Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews Caty Pilachowski, Professor of Astronomy at Indiana University Bloomington.
Webinar presentation of TMT site update, including a comparative study of Maunakea and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
Meet the TMT Team: Video Interview with Tommaso Treu. APM Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews Tommaso Treu, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California Los Angeles.
Incontra il team TMT: Video Intervista a Tommaso Treu. Ravinder Bhatia, direttore di progetto associato, interviste con Tommaso Treu, Professore di astronomia all'Università della California di Los Angeles.
Experiment on TMT Prototype Surface Polishing by Ion Beam Figuring (IBF) Process - Timelapse video. Last month, a full-size TMT segment prototype, underwent IBF testing of its surface quality at scia Systems GmbH in Chemnitz, Germany. scia Systems’ IBF chamber is large enough to carry out a detailed study of the final polishing stage of TMT’s 1.4m segments. Video credit: TMT International Observatory
Installation of TMT mirror segment prototype on the MSIT facility at TMT technical lab in California. This time-lapse video, recorded on February 11, 2020, shows the painstaking process of integrating a primary mirror segment into the TMT Multi-Segment Integration & Test (MSIT) facility. It shows the integration of the seventh and final segment - Video credit: TMT international Observatory / Saeko S. Hayashi
Michael Bolte, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California Santa Cruz and member of the Board of Directors for the Thirty-Meter Telescope International Observatory, is speaking about TMT status and progress during the US-ELT presentation/session at AAS 235th meeting in Honolulu.
The leaf springs required for TMT warping harness mechanism, supporting each one of the 492 primary active segments, are being tested and validated in an Environmental Simulation Laboratory.
Entretien entre Dr Ravinder Bhatia, responsable adjoint du projet TMT, et Dr Dimitri Mawet, professeur d'astronomie à Caltech.
Meet the TMT Team: Video Interview with Dimitri Mawet. APM Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews Caltech Associate Professor of Astronomy Dimitri Mawet
TMT Primary Mirror Segment Support Assembly Integration
TMT staff Glen Cole and Christophe Dumas have a coffee-break conversation about Glen’s last trip to Japan and update on TMT mirrors fabrication and verification.
Associate Project Manager Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews with Professor Annapurni Subramaniam, Indian project manager for the TMT observatory Software development.
Associate Project Manager Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews with Dr Gelys Trancho, Senior Systems Engineer.
Dr Ravinder Bhatia, TMT Gerente de Proyecto Asociado, presenta una entrevista con Dr Gelys Trancho, Ingeniero Ejecutivo de Sistemas.
Associate Project Manager Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews with Dr Fengchuan Liu, Deputy Project Manager.
TMT Project Office representatives visited the India TMT Optics Fabrication Facility, near Bengaluru, India on January 2019. Here is a video of this world class optical facility, whose construction is nearly completed. The next step will be to bring in high-precision machines that will prepare and polish a large number of TMT primary mirror segments.
Associate Project Manager Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews with Dr Warren Skidmore, Instrument System Scientist.
Ben Gallagher, TMT's M1 System Lead Engineer talks about the TMT's M1s primary mirror system.
Tour of the TMT technical lab in Monrovia with Bryan Smith -TMT Quality Assurance and Test Engineer.-
Angel Otarola Interview for "Pasadena en Español"
TMT's Primary Mirror Segments production is progressing.
Twenty seven TMT blanks began their long journey across the Pacific Ocean.
A brief interview with Jennifer Chun, who is conducting an internship at the Submillimeter Array as part of the Akamai program supported by the TMT.
Prototype segment support assembly, undergoing testing in the TMT Laboratory.
The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the largest such facility in the world when completed and it will revolutionize our understanding of the universe. Production by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
This animation shows how light will travel from the further reaches of the universe to the TMT telescope and get detected by the number of instruments mounted on it.
