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Astro Instrumentation

by Emily Hunt @emily.space

A science-oriented feed about astronomical instrumentation! Part of the Astronomy feeds network. Astronomers can sign up to post here via @bot.astronomy.blue Contains posts from signed up users with #instrumentation. Posts here are also included in the main Astronomy feed.

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SPIE @spie.org · about 9 hours ago
🔭 From ultraviolet #instrumentation to future mission concepts, explore the #SPIE_JATIS special section “Ultraviolet Science and Instrumentation: On the Way to the NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond” and the research shaping astronomy's future. Read the collection: bit.ly/3VRwMJb
A journal cover in which hexagon-shaped images represent various astronomical topics. The top text reads "JATIS: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems," with "SPIE" at the bottom.
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ESO @eso.org · about 1 month ago
It’s a new MOON(S)! Suspended here in darkness are two infrared cameras belonging to MOONS, a new instrument of our VLT that recently performed its first observations. 🔭 🧪 1/3 #instrumentation 📷 L. Sbordone/ESO
Black-and-white image showing two large shiny metal devices, both against a black background. One is on the left, sharp in the foreground, and the other is on the right, blurred in the background. Each device is structured in three main tiers and is covered in metal bolts, fastenings, and joints of various sizes, as well as cables.
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ESO @eso.org · about 1 month ago
Heard the news? The new VLT instrument MOONS, built by a consortium led by the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, has made its first observations 🙌 Get the gist with this video by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L… 🔭 🧪 #instrumentation 1/2
MOONS captures its first light, no telescope has ever seen this before

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MOONS captures its first light, no telescope has ever seen this before

MOONS has captured its first light, almost one thousand objects in ...
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SPIE @spie.org · 3 months ago
Researchers are developing new single-photon detectors to answer the age-old question: Are we alone? NASA's HWO + the proposed LIFE Mission will rely on ultrasensitive detectors to detect atmospheric signatures of life. 🔭 Read the article in #PhotonicsFocus: bit.ly/44rIewp #instrumentation
An image depicting a galaxy showing its rings and what looks to be a 3D model. It is various shades of yellow and orange.
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ESO @eso.org · 3 months ago
Could you move 3,500 tonnes by hand? 😲 You could if you were an engineer at the construction site of our ELT, carrying out rotation tests of the telescope’s structure. 🔭 🧪 #instrumentation 1/2
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