Observatories Calendar About Us Information on the staff and history of The Observatories. The research interests of Carnegie staff astronomers. The Magellan Project is a collaboration between the Observatories, the University of Arizona, Harvard University, University of Michigan, and MIT to construct two 6.5 Meter optical telescopes in the southern hemisphere. First light for the Walter Baade telescope occurred on September 15, 2000. First light for the Landon Clay telescope is expected in 2002.
Several instruments are under construction for the Magellan telescopes.
Telescope time is available to the Observatories' scientific staff and visiting investigators. The Trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.