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TMT fly-by

The TMT design is a response to a set of science-based requirements developed by the TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC),...
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Aluminized Dome

The TMT enclosure has several key functions. By day, it must protect observatory systems, facilitate a broad range of maintenance...
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Optical path

TMT will couple unprecedented light collection area (almost 10 times more than one of the Keck telescopes) with diffraction-limited spatial...
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TMT fly-though

The core of the TMT Observatory will be a wide-field, alt-az Ritchey-Chretien telescope with a 492 segment, 30 meter diameter...
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TMT Rendering

The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the first ground-based astronomy telescope designed with adaptive optics (AO) as an integral system...