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The image quality and collecting area of the Giant Magellan Telescope
will permit us to carry out new types of astronomical investigations.
The MyGMT series has already included talks on applications to cosmology
and to planet detection. I will therefore take the opportunity to
explore how the GMT will influence the course of research on a variety of
other areas, especially high energy astrophysics, binaries, and
microlensing. With a brief foray into the solar system, the average
distance of the objects I will discuss will be well within 10 megaparsecs,
our astronomical backyard.
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