CELT Development Corporation (CELTCO), THIRTY METER TELESCOPE PROJECT

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project seeks to design and build a thirty-meter-diameter telescope for research in astronomy at visible and infrared wavelengths.

The TMT is a collaboration of

• the Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and its Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT) project,
• the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA) and its Very Large Optical Telescope (VLOT) project.
• the California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT) Corporation, a partnership of the University of California and the California Institute of Technology

The goals of the next 3 to 4 years are to

• establish a management structure to manage the current design effort and prepare for the final design and construction phases
• collect the data required to select a site
• complete the conceptual design of the telescope, adaptive optics systems, and an initial suite of instruments.
• establish a cost estimate with uncertainties on the order of 10%
• prepare for and complete a Conceptual Design Review