Click to open image viewer. The optical device which the astronauts used for navigation while in the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was an alignment optical telescope (AOT). The AOT was a periscope-type ...

Segmented mirror telescopes form the backbone of modern optical astronomy, enabling apertures far exceeding the fabrication limits of monolithic mirrors. Precise piston alignment of individual mirror ...

After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments. Upon completing the seventh and ...

Advances in quantum technology might allow astronomers to circumvent age-old issues that limit the size of optical observatories ...

A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific ...