by planewaveinstr | Feb 11, 2020 | Aerospace, Articles and White Papers, Education, Science & Research
Room 301B, Hawaii Convention Center Workshop during the 235th meeting of the American Astronomical Society Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, January 4, 2020, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Room 301B, Hawaii Convention Center Organizers Russell Genet, California Polytechnic State...
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 | May 27, 2016 | News, Observatories, Press Releases, Science & Research
NARIT is responsible for research in Astronomy and Astrophysics in Thailand. NARIT has been in the process of setting up a network of robotic telescopes worldwide at some of the best locations available. These include  PlaneWave CDK24 or CDK700  telescopes at Cerro...
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 | 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...
by planewaveinstr | Jan 28, 2013 | Press Releases, Science & Research
Montgomery Bell Academy’s Long Mountain Observatory near McMinnville, TN was completed in 2011. The observatory is equipped with a PlaneWave CDK 24 telescope and integrated rotating focuser on a PlaneWave Ascension 200HR mount. The telescope supports a...