Astronomical surveys

Materion Partners With Rubin Observatory To Give Astronomers A Deeper and Wider View Of The Universe

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Monday, May 17, 2021
Mining, Minerals, Manufacturing, Natural Resources, Research, Science, Steel, Science, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, NOIRLab, Astronomical surveys, Optical telescopes, Gemini Observatory, W. M. Keck Observatory, LSST, Pan-STARRS, Materion, Observatory

\xe2\x80\x9cOur large area optic solutions can be found on many ground-based astronomical instruments, including The Gemini Observatory, The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), Keck Observatory, The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy\xe2\x80\x99s Pan-Starrs telescope.\xe2\x80\x9d\nMaterion has supported U.S. and international space observation, exploration and aerospace missions since the early 1960s.

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  • \xe2\x80\x9cOur large area optic solutions can be found on many ground-based astronomical instruments, including The Gemini Observatory, The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), Keck Observatory, The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy\xe2\x80\x99s Pan-Starrs telescope.\xe2\x80\x9d\nMaterion has supported U.S. and international space observation, exploration and aerospace missions since the early 1960s.
  • The Company\xe2\x80\x99s recent acquisition of Optics Balzers compliments and further extends that proud history through the LSST project as well as NASA\xe2\x80\x99s recent Perseverance mission to Mars, and provides the combined organizations with even more future mission support opportunities.\nMaterion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
  • The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly engineered advanced enabling materials to global markets.
  • Our unique product portfolio includes high performance alloys, beryllium products, clad metal strip, composite metals, ceramics, inorganic chemicals, microelectronics packaging materials, precision optics, thin film coatings, and thin film deposition materials.\n'

Astronauts, Experts, and Space Agencies Discuss Asteroids, Opportunities, and Risks on Asteroid Day, 30 June

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Monday, June 22, 2020
Space science, Astronomy, Outer space, Planetary science, Astronomical surveys, Asteroids, B612 Foundation, B612, Impact event, Tunguska event

Asteroid Day is held on 30 June each year to mark the date of Earth's largest asteroid impact in recorded history, the Siberia Tunguska event.

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  • Asteroid Day is held on 30 June each year to mark the date of Earth's largest asteroid impact in recorded history, the Siberia Tunguska event.
  • Asteroid Day's major partners include: Association of Space Explorers , B612 Foundation, Broadcasting Center Europe , EC GROUP , European Space Agency , Luxembourg Space Agency , OHB SE , and SES .
  • Asteroid Day, Asteroid Day LIVE, Asteroid Day TV and SpaceConnectsUs are all programmes of Asteroid Foundation, aLuxembourg based non-profit.
  • The agency implements the national space economic development strategy, manages national space research and development programs, and leads the SpaceResources.lu initiative.

Ball Aerospace Delivers Lens Assembly to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Space observatories, Spacecraft, Astronomy, Physical sciences, Infrared telescopes, Great Observatories program, Goddard Space Flight Center, Astronomical surveys, James Webb Space Telescope, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, LSST

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Ball Aerospacehas shipped and delivered the large camera lens assembly to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, which will be incorporated into the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a ground telescope that will sit on top of Cerro Pachn ridge, an 8,800-foot mountain in Chile.

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  • BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Ball Aerospacehas shipped and delivered the large camera lens assembly to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, which will be incorporated into the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a ground telescope that will sit on top of Cerro Pachn ridge, an 8,800-foot mountain in Chile.
  • Ball teamed with Arizona Optical Systems (AOS) to build the lens assembly, which consists of two large refractive lenses, named L1 and L2, and the precision structure that will be used to mount the lens assembly to the LSST camera.
  • For example, Ball designed and built the advanced optical technology and lightweight mirror system for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
  • Including JWST, Ball has contributed to all of NASA's Great Observatories Compton Gamma Ray, Hubble, Chandra X-Ray, Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope.