2004
The Large Binocular Telescope, built atop Mt. Graham in southeastern Arizona, consists of two 8.4-meter-diameter mirrors, providing resolution ten times that of the Hubble Space Telescope, making it the world’s most powerful telescope for research in optical and infrared astronomy.
In 1992, a consortium was formed to oversee the design, construction and operation of the Large Binocular Telescope. The international team includes the Italian astronomical community (represented by the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF); the University of Arizona; University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, the LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft in Germany (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Landessternwarte in Heidelberg, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Munich and Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn); Ohio State University; and Research Corporation.