At this point its name was changed to the 12 Meter Telescope.
Relatively cheap, mass-produced 2 meter telescopes have recently been developed and have made a significant impact on astronomy research.
For example, a 7 meter telescope would be about ten times more sensitive than a 2.4 meter telescope.
Detecting the individual members of this group required the combined resolution of two 8+ meter telescopes in Hawaii and Chile.
The Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii will be completed.
The Arizona Radio Observatory now operates the 12 Meter Telescope.
For interferometric observations on the brightest objects, there is little benefit in using 8 meter telescopes rather than 1.8 meter telescopes.
The intention was to add two to three 2.0 meter telescopes to the two Faulkes telescopes and form a robotically operated network.
The proposed spacecraft is designed to work in tandem with space telescopes like the James Webb Telescope or a new 4 meter telescope.
These are the Thirty Meter Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope.
