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The ''Gran Telescopio Canarias'' ('''GTC''') ("Great Telescope Canary Islands "), sometimes called '''GranTeCan''', is a 10.4m Reflecting Telescope being built at the '' Observatorio Del Roque De Los Muchachos '' on the island of La Palma . It is predicted that the GTC will Start Observing sometime during 2006 . Its Primary Mirror is formed by 36 Hexagon al segments fully controlled by an Active Optics control system. The GTC Project is a partnership formed by several institutions from Spain (90%), Mexico (5%) and the University Of Florida (USA) (5%) and an initiative from the Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias (IAC). Its Day One instruments are OSIRIS , CanariCam and ELMER . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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