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DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Canary:20191213T103000
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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2019-12-13T10:30:00+00:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:Large Instruments For Exoplanet Direct Imaging Studies beyond TMT/E
 ELT/GMT
DESCRIPTION:Large Instruments For Exoplanet Direct Imaging Studies beyond T
 MT/EELT/GMT\nProf. J. R. Kuhn\n\nWe should find life beyond the solar syst
 em ("exolife") within a decade. This will require optical instruments that
  can perform exoplanet direct imaging.  There are good reasons to exp
 ect that telescopes from the ground will lead this search. Unfortunately, 
 none of the currently envisioned large telescopes are optimal for detectin
 g and measuring the emitted or reflected starlight from life-bearing exopl
 anets. This talk will describe what a 20-100m-class optical telescope woul
 d look like and could do if it were designed to solve exoplanet imaging pr
 oblems. Such a telescope could be initiated today using technologies that 
 are either currently available or under vigorous development.
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