by planewaveinstr | Aug 15, 2014 | Observatories, Press Releases
Planewave Telescopes on the iTelescope Network The 0.7 meter Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph by Planewave and will be the largest system we offer in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the largest system on the iTelescope network.  The Planewave CDK 700 is a...
by planewaveinstr | Aug 14, 2014 | Observatories, Press Releases
CDK700 at Modesto College The roof of the Science Community Center will be an observation platform for astronomy lab courses and public viewing. Student imaging will be done with a 12-inch PlaneWave Corrected Dall Kirkham telescope. The observatory will be accessed...
by planewaveinstr | Jan 22, 2014 | Observatories, Press Releases, Science & Research
Minerva will be an array of PlaneWave CDK700 telescopes outfitted for both photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy. It will be the first U.S. observatory dedicated to exoplanetary science capable of both precise radial velocimetry and transit studies. The...
by planewaveinstr | Oct 25, 2013 | Observatories, Press Releases
Prescott Observatory was built by Paul G. Comba and is now owned and operated by Matt Francis. The observatory is located south of Prescott, Arizona, and is dedicated to the study of cosmology. Refurbished in 2011, the observatory houses a PlaneWave CDK 24 inch...
by planewaveinstr | Oct 25, 2013 | Press Releases, Science & Research
Planetary Transit Study Telescope (PTST) – Mallorca, Spain In 2011 a CDK24 was installed for the University of Hamburg  for the purpose of follow-up studies of the transit of the exoplanet star Qatar-1.The main goal was to better constrain the system’s orbital and...
