Astronomy: Institutions: Observatories: Future: Optical and Infrared

[ground] is a proposed 8.4 meter, 3-degree-field, synoptic survey telescope. The product of collecting area and field of view will be 20 times more powerful than any observatory now operating or under construction. The possibility of repeatedly surveying large portions of the sky to unprecedented depth opens a range of unique scientific opportunities.

[ground] An 11-meter telescope with a hexagonal mirror array, the largest single telescope in the southern hemisphere.

[ground] ESO (the European Southern Observatory) is developing a concept of ground-based, 100-m class optical telescope christened OWL for its keen night vision and for OverWhelmingly Large.

[ground] a 4-m Wide Field Survey telescope for the Southern Hemisphere. It will be sited on Cerro Paranal, Chile.