What is Magellan Telescopes?
{{Infobox telescope|image_size=275}} The '''Magellan Telescopes''' are two 6.5 [[meter]] [[diameter]] optical [[telescope]]s at the [[Las Campanas Observatory]] in [[Chile]]. The two were named after the Portuguese explorer, [[Ferdinand Magellan]]. Each telescope is also named; the Baade after astronomer [[Walter Baade]], and the Clay after the [[philanthropist]] [[Landon T. Clay]]. [[First light (astronomy)|First light]] for the telescopes was on September 15, 2000 for the Baade, and September 7, 2002 for the Clay. The [[Carnegie Institution for Science]], [[University of Arizona]], [[Harvard University]], [[University of Michigan]] and the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] worked together to build and operate the twin telescopes. The Magellan Planet Search Program is looking for planets using a [[spectrograph]] mounted on the 6.5m Magellan II (Clay) telescope.<ref>[https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5348v1 Low Mass Companions for Five Solar-Type Stars from the Magellan Planet Search Program], Dante Minniti ''et al.'', 2008.</ref><ref>[http://cargo.ucsc.edu/coffee/2010/01/25/five-long-period-extrasolar-planets-in-eccentric-orbits-from-the-magellan-planet-search-program/ Five Long-period Extrasolar Planets in Eccentric orbits from the Magellan Planet Search Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120711064609/http://cargo.ucsc.edu/coffee/2010/01/25/five-long-period-extrasolar-planets-in-eccentric-orbits-from-the-magellan-planet-search-program/ |date=2012-07-11 }}, Pamela Arriagada, ''et al.'', 2010.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://obs.carnegiescience.edu/Magellan/ Magellan Project homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008234009/http://obs.carnegiescience.edu/Magellan |date=2010-10-08 }} [[Category:Telescopes]] [[Category:Astronomical observatories in Chile]]