Instrumentation

Enabling the development and construction of instruments to perform new groundbreaking research in astrophysics.

Thanks to successive generations of instruments, scientists have gazed into dazzling nebulae, witnessed new solar systems form, catalogued billions of far-flung galaxies and detected radiation blasted from exploding stars. Each breakthrough has revealed new questions and new frontiers for exploration.

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Instrumentation for Astrophysics

Instrumentation for Astrophysics is equipping observatories with next-generation instruments; the effort seeks to extend the scientific reach of mid-sized (2-5 meter) telescopes.

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The Via Project

The Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford is part of a team building a set of twin multi-object spectrographs called ViaSpec for the MMT (United States) and Magellan (Chile) 6.5-m telescopes as part of The Via Project.

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MIT SuperFIRE Instrument

The Kavli Institute at MIT is developing an infrared spectrometer designed for the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program.

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