by planewaveinstr | Feb 26, 2018 | Education, Press Releases
The Great Basin Observatory (GBO), located in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park, achieved a milestone this summer, as it marked a full year since the “First Light” ceremony celebrating the Park Service’s 100th anniversary. The telescope, a PlaneWave model CDK-700,...
by planewaveinstr | Feb 26, 2018 | Press Releases, Research
[vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1533748929472{margin-right: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Above: Shelby and Eric setting up the PW-1000 A groundbreaking astronomy project is searching the heavens for...
by planewaveinstr | Feb 26, 2018 | Press Releases, Research
A new array of three PlaneWave 1.0 meter telescopes is at the heart of a major new Lowell Observatory project, supported by a $3.26 million grant from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). The Model PW-100 instruments will upgrade the Navy Precision Optical...
by planewaveinstr | Oct 27, 2017 | Press Releases, Science & Research
Ground-based LIDAR for Launch Site and Test Ranges Michigan Aerospace was funded by NOAA to demonstrate long-range wind LIDAR technology for future satellite missions to measure global tropospheric winds. Built around a PlaneWave 20″...
by planewaveinstr | Dec 16, 2016 | News, Observatories, Press Releases
The Thacher School, a coeducational boarding high school perched at the foot of the Topa Topa Mountains in Ojai, California. Here, students encounter a combination they won’t find anywhere else: demanding academics, tough character-building challenges and a healthy,...
by planewaveinstr | Dec 16, 2016 | News, Observatories, Press Releases
The Great Basin Observatory is a collaborative effort of Great Basin National Park; the Great Basin National Park Foundation; and four partner universities: University of Nevada, Reno; Western Nevada College in Carson City; Southern Utah University in Cedar...
