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Method Measures Loss of Signal in Far-Infrared Instruments
UTRECHT, Netherlands, July 15, 2021 — Scientists from SRON and TU Delft have developed a method to measure the signal loss in far-infrared instruments, designing a signal-carrying so-called microstrip for DESHIMA-2, a far-infrared instrument for the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) in Chile. The microstrip loses only 1 in 4900 photons. DESHIMA-2 is the successor to DESHIMA, which was invented by researchers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and TU Delft. It is being developed by
Menlo AstroComb Used in Very Large Telescope Light Analysis
MARTINSRIED, Germany, Aug. 15, 2018 — The AstroComb from Menlo Systems GmbH is analyzing the starlight from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. ESO engineers and astrophysicists have succeeded in combining the light collected by each of the...
Very Large Telescope Reveals Low-Mass Bodies in Orion Nebula
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, July 20, 2016 — The HAWK-I IR instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been used to produce the deepest and most comprehensive view of the Orion Nebula to date. The striking images reveals an abundance of faint brown...
Simons Observatory Receives $40M in Funding to Advance Telescopes, Detectors
ANTOFAGASTA REGION, Chile, May 16, 2016 — The Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile's Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and detectors alongside existing instruments in order to boost ongoing studies of the evolution of the universe,...
Toptica Lasers Operating in ESO's Very Large Telescope
MUNICH, May 5, 2016 — Using four independent lasers from Toptica Photonics AG, the Four-Laser Guide Star Facility housed at the Paranal Observatory in Chile is now fully operational. This phase is a major step toward the completion of the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF)....
Controp Supplies Colombian Navy with Cameras
SANTIAGO, Chile, March 25, 2016 — Electro-optics and IR technology developer Controp Precision Technologies Ltd. has supplied the Colombian Navy with iSea maritime electro-optical/IR camera payloads. A Controp iSea installation. Courtesy of Controp. The iSea-20 and iSea-30 devices...
UTC Aerospace Provides Imaging Systems for Vulcanair, Chilean Navy
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 10, 2015 — UTC Aerospace Systems will deliver Cloud Cap Technology Tase500 imaging systems to Vulcanair Aircraft in support of Chilean navy maritime search and rescue efforts. Tase500 systems will be installed on the P68 Observer 2 aircraft, a twin-engine...
Application Note: Airborne Spectrometers Monitor Volcanic Emissions
DUNEDIN, Fla., Nov. 27, 2015 — Flying into the maws of active volcanoes, spectrometers from Ocean Optics will help scientists study the effects of eruptions on climate. As part of the Trail by Fire project, the Flame miniature spectrometers will be flown directly below volcano...
SLAC Gets Green Light to Build 3-Ton Telescope Camera
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 11, 2015 — The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will begin procuring components for a $168 million, 3.2-GP CCD telescope camera following final approval from the U.S. Department of Energy late last month. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), set for...
Optic Cancels Starlight to Search for Exoplanets
MONTREAL, June 23, 2015 — A new type of adaptive optic blocks glare from distant suns to give astronomers a glimpse of the dimmer bodies that orbit them closely. The vector apodizing phase plate (vector-APP) coronagraph was installed at the 6.5-m Magellan Clay telescope in...
Laser Guide Star System Installed at Very Large Telescope in Chile
MUNICH, May 22, 2015 — The first of four laser guide star systems developed by Toptica Photonics AG of Germany and MPB Communications Inc. of Canada has been installed and brought online at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. Previous...
‘World’s Largest Camera’ Secures Key DOE Approval
MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 12, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Energy has granted intermediate approval for construction of a 3.2-gigapixel CCD camera to be integrated into the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Components of the 3-ton camera will be built by an international...
Guide Star Set for VLT
MUNICH, April 1, 2014 — A new solid-state laser aims to give giant Earth-bound telescopes better vision by reducing atmospheric distortion.
MUSE Offers 3-D View of Distant Galaxies
CERRO PARANAL, Chile, March 6, 2014 — Far-away galaxies and bright stars could feel closer than ever, thanks to a new astronomical instrument that is a decade in the making.
Powerful Exoplanet Camera Unveiled
LA SERENA, Chile, Jan. 9, 2014 — After nearly a decade of development, a powerful exoplanet camera that detects IR radiation to image and analyze planets from other solar systems is now operational.
Big Photonics Advances Build and Power Big Telescopes
Nov 1, 2013 — Bigger aspheric mirrors enable astronomers to see farther into space – but they require special designs. For astronomers, bigger is better: In general, the scientific value of a telescope scales to the fourth power of its diameter. So,...
Most advanced giant telescope mirror completed
TUCSON, Ariz. – The most challenging astronomical mirror ever made – 10 times more powerful than any other large mirror – has been completed for a giant telescope that will explore star formation, black holes and planets in the early universe. Engineers...
Dark energy camera takes first pictures
CERRO TOLOLO, Chile – After eight years in the making, the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created, the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam), achieved first light on Sept. 12. The camera was constructed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia,...
ESO celebrates its 50th anniversary
Dec 1, 2012 — The European Southern Observatory (ESO) celebrated 50 years in October since the signing of its founding convention. Astronomers from five European countries – Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden – decided in 2007 to...
Most Advanced Giant Telescope Mirror Completed
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 24, 2012 — The most challenging astronomical mirror ever made — 10 times more powerful than any other large mirror — was completed for a giant telescope that will explore star formation, black holes and planets in the early universe.
Dark Energy Camera Records First Images
CERRO TOLOLO, Chile, Sept. 17, 2012 — After eight years of planning and construction, the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created, the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam), achieved first light on Sept. 12. The camera was constructed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory...
Laser rulers join the planet hunt
GARCHING, Germany – Astronomers searching for extrasolar planets may be a step closer to finding other Earth-like places in the universe around sunlike stars, thanks to a new tool that promises to increase the accuracy of planet-hunting devices by tenfold. Scientists...
Telescopes Team to Make Sharpest Observation Ever
GARCHING, Germany, July 20, 2012 — Three telescopes spaced thousands of miles apart were linked together to capture the sharpest direct observation of the center of a distant galaxy: the bright quasar 3C 279, which has a supermassive black hole at its core. The observation represents...
Planet-Hunting with Laser Rulers
GARCHING, Germany, June 1, 2012 — Astronomers searching for extrasolar planets may be a step closer to finding other Earthlike places in the universe around sunlike stars, thanks to a new tool that promises to increase the accuracy of planet-hunting devices by tenfold.
TIGO laser ranging telescope targets satellites
DARMSTADT, Germany – It was like a planetary-scale video game: Working from orbital predictions, a research team took the first laser measurements of Galileo operational satellites in orbit using lasers in Chile. The Transportable Integrated Geodetic Observatory...
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