The Canaries will build the largest telescope in the world

Lomonosov Moscow state University, intends to create the Canaries supertelescope, where the diameter of the mirror will be approximately 60m. This was stated by Viktor Sadovnichy, who is the rector of Moscow state University. He, together with Paulino Rivero Bauta, the President of the Canary Islands, have signed a cooperation agreement. The project cost is 500 million euros.

We wanted to put the Canaries in small telescopes, however, the Spaniards put forward a counter-proposal on the construction of large, while Viktor Antonovich supported him, — says the Deputy Director of the State astronomical Institute named Steinberg Vladimir Lamzin.





Russian project suggests the organization of a telescope with a primary mirror with a diameter of 60m, when the diameter of the Canarian Large telescope is 10.4 m and the Giant Magellan telescope, which is now under construction, is 24.5 m. Paulino Rivero said that the construction of the Russian telescope would have been to Canary Islands a unique opportunity.

According to the government of Kanarev, rector of Moscow state University, speaking about Starmus, stressed that it represents a significant event at the highest level, but also global importance that it is made in the best place on Earth for direct observation of the sky. The founder of the festival, Garik Israelian; a Professor at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands says that the festival is an event that promotes knowledge and new forms of communication.

Source: globalscience.ru