News tagged with infrared spectrograph
New instrument peers through the heart of the Milky Way
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomy has a powerful new tool to probe the structure of our galaxy. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) spectrograph is the newest instrument deployed by ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Giant black holes revealed in the nuclei of merging galaxies
Subaru Telescope research team led by Dr. Masatoshi Imanishi at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan sampled many infrared bright, merging galaxies and determined the presence of active supermassive ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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NASA's Webb telescope MIRI instrument takes one step closer to space
A major instrument due to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is getting its first taste of space in the test facilities at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the United Kingdom. The Mid-InfraRed ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 02, 2010 |
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ESA to set tiny hair-like Webb Telescope microshutters
Tiny little shutters as small as the width of a human hair are a key component in the James Webb Space Telescope's ability to see huge distances in the cosmos, and they have now arrived at the European Space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2010 |
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NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy
NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following ...
Nov 20, 2009 |
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