Astrophysics/Optics Lab
The Department of Astrophysics maintains an advanced laboratory for developing astronomical instrumentation under the direction of Asst. Curator Ben R. Oppenheimer. The lab includes a class 1000 clean room, vibration stabilized optical benches, a Zygo GPI-xHR interferometer, an Phoenix infrared camera, a 4 foot Coordinate Measuring Machine, as well as a complete set of hardware and tools, including light sources, diagnostic video cameras. An adjacent room is used for electronics development as well as work not suited to the clean-room environment. The lab produced the Lyot Project's coronagraph, its first instrument, deployed at the US Air Force AEOS telescope.
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Lyot Project
