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Max Planck Institute Uses Spectrum's Digitizer Cards to Measure Diameters of Distant Stars

The MAGIC telescopes on the Canary Island of La Palma were built to observe cosmic objects that emit high-energy gamma rays, i.e. supernovae or black holes. Astronomers also use the twin telescope to measure the diameter of stars to investigate the processes throughout their life cycle.

From Spectrum Instrumentation GmbH 26 Nov 2021

Metrology Instrument Provides Unprecedented Accuracy for Characterizing X-Ray Mirrors

X-ray mirrors are widely used for synchrotron radiation facilities, X-ray free-electron lasers and astronomical X-ray telescopes. The short wavelength and grazing incidence impose strict limits on the permissible slope errors.

29 Sep 2021

XCAM Specialist Digital Cameras to Reach Space First to Help Improve Space Missions

Thanks to significant UK Government funding for innovation in space technology, XCAM Ltd working with the Open University, developed new enhanced performance imaging technology to help enable the Open University conduct research support as part of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope (Roman Space Telescope/NASA) and as a flagship for space applications in the future.

From XCAM Ltd 17 Sep 2021

Study Lists Telescope Advances to Expand Scientific Understanding of the Universe

Researchers from The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, led by Professor Daewook Kim, consider advancements in optical engineering for future telescopes, in a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances.

2 Jul 2021

New Method Helps Identify the Contributors and Origins of Stray Light on Space Telescopes

A team of researchers at the Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL) of the University of Liège has just developed a method to identify the contributors and origins of stray light on space telescopes.

20 May 2021

New Tactics to Illuminate Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter

Astronomers are finding ways for smart alternatives to keep answering basic questions in physics after experiencing the devastating loss of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and the usually prohibitive cost of satellite missions.

19 Apr 2021

New Metamaterial Tiles Improve Sensitivity of Telescopes

New metamaterial tiles designed by a multi-institutional research team will help enhance the sensitivity of telescopes that are being constructed at the distinguished Simons Observatory in Chile.

27 Jan 2021

$Speciality Prisms for Cryogenic Measurements of Refractive Index for ESO ELT’s Spectrograph - HARMONI$

Speciality Prisms for Cryogenic Measurements of Refractive Index for ESO ELT’s Spectrograph - HARMONI

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 7 Jan 2021

Gamers Pave the Way for Million Dollar Grant for Telescope ‘Brain’ Upgrade

A new $1 million Federal Government grant to Curtin University will enable a major upgrade to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), giving the giant radio telescope even greater power to read and process signals captured from distant outer space.

10 Dec 2020

Imaging Venus with a Scientific SWIR Camera

Quantum Design UK and Ireland (QDUKI), distributor of high-tech scientific research instrumentation is the exclusive authorised channel sales partner of Raptor Photonics products for the UK and Ireland.

From Raptor Photonics Limited 9 Sep 2020

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