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This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.
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April 20, 2008:
48" Dob project
In June of 07 we started a project to build a 48" Dobsonian for Jimi Lowrey in Ft. Davis TX. The 'scope is finished and has been installed at Jimi's observatory.
Jimi's comment: "This primary mirror is hittin on all cylinders" sums up the optical performance very well. With the Paracor in the focuser, stars are pin points with 4 crisp diffraction spikes on brighter stars. The color we saw under the full moon sky is a good indication of the light grasp and contrast that the optics will provide on a good dark night.
We will present an article in the June issue of Astronomy Technology Today detailing the project from start to finish.
Read more and view gallery. . . .
November 2007: "Demystifying Mirror Coating Technology" article in Astronomy Technology Today magazine by James Mulherin. Download the article here: Demystifying Mirror Coating.pdf
November 2007: "The Making Of The Sierra Stars Observatory" article in Astronomy Technology Today magazine. Download the article here: Sierra Stars - Astronomy Technology Today.pdf
April 2007: Sierra Stars Observatory to begin operation May 1st, 2007. For more information please see the Press Release. For more information please check the web site of Sierra Stars Observatory.
January 2007: OMI wins contract to build a 0.6 meter telescope for The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. The telescope is set for installation in the fall of 2007 at the TUBITAK National Observatory.
January 7, 2005: OMI wins contract to build the second SuperWASP robotic telescope mount for Keele University, UK. The second mount will be installed at Sutherland Station of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) near Cape Town, South Africa.
December 15, 2004: James and Toney travel to Seoul South Korea to install an OMI CC06 Telescope at the Seoul Science High School for Gifted Students.
June 24 2004: The project team for the SuperWASP project chose OMI to build the mount for the SuperWASP project back in 2002. The ultra-wide angle photometric survey of bright stars project in La Palma is now fully operational in it is getting a lot of worldwide recognition.
We are very proud to have contributed to this very interesting and exciting project whose objective is to search for extrasolar planets. To learn more about this the SuperWASP project check out the following links:
www.superwasp.org
www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/superwasp.asp
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May 20 2004: Seoul Science High School in Seoul Korea purchased a 0.6-meter CC06 telescope system for general astronomy education and research utilizing photometry and other CCD imaging technologies.
April 15 2004: 0.8-meter CC08 now installed at the University of Barcelona's Consorci de Montsec Observatory site.
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0.5-meter telescope installed for the University of the Virgin Islands Observatory.
November 25, 2002: Read our new article entitled "Planning Your OMI Observatory System" in the Technical Articles section of our web site.
October 14, 2002: Queens University of Northern Ireland, UK selected OMI to build a robotic mount for the Super WASP Project. SuperWASP's science goals include study of exoplanetary transits, orphan gamma-ray burst afterglows, supernovae, X-ray binaries and CVs, near-Earth asteroids, flare stars, and other variable or transient phenomena. Don Pollacco, a member of the project team, had this to say when asked why Queens University chose OMI for their project:: "The reason that we went to OMI is because we had heard good reports on the hardware (mount etc) but also because of Talon, as it is the most comprehensive observatory control software available for computer control in the Linux environment. We didn't want to use windows or to develop a product ourselves." To read more about the Super WASP project, check out the following web link: http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~ras/SuperWASP/SWindex.html
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