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Catadioptric Sensors for Computational Vision

Article - 31 Oct 2013

The traditional video camera with its limited field of view makes it difficult for use in some of the applications in the field of computational vision. Catadioptric sensors are proving to be an apt...

Innovative Star Field Simulator for NASA Checked at Sensor Test Lab

News - 6 Apr 2013

The Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) delivered an innovative star field simulator to technical personnel at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala., in March....

New Quicker, More Efficient Way to Detect Fast Radio Bursts

News - 24 Jun 2020

West Virginia University's Duncan Lorimer might be the godfather of the fast radio burst, but a pair of international students has taken exploring these mysterious cosmic flashes to a new...

New High-Precision Technique to Examine Magnetic Fields in the Sun’s Atmosphere

News - 18 Nov 2015

An international team of researchers, led by Queen’s University Belfast, has devised a high-precision method of examining magnetic fields in the Sun’s atmosphere, representing a...

e2v to Advance CCD Image Sensors for ESA Space Mission

News - 14 Oct 2010

e2v, a global supplier of standard imaging devices, has been offered an award by the European Space Agency (ESA) to configure a novel Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera sensor for use in the Euclid...

NASA's Robust Communications System, Deep Space Network, Reaches Milestone

News - 20 Dec 2013

NASA's Deep Space Network, the world's largest and most powerful communications system for "talking to" spacecraft, will reach a milestone on Dec. 24: the 50th anniversary of its...

Where Can Image Sensors Be Found in Space Technologies?

Article - 14 Mar 2023

An image sensor is a device that converts light into electrical signals that can be processed into digital images. Where can they be found in space technologies?

Light Weighted Mirrors

News - 26 Jun 2020

Optical Surfaces Ltd has developed proprietary light weighting techniques that can reduce the weight of a mirror by as much as 60%. A light weighted mirror produced by Optical Surfaces...

Dark Energy Camera Adopts Berkeley Lab Sensors

News - 20 Sep 2012

Mounted atop the Victor Blanco Telescope at Chile’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) captured its first images of a southern sky gleamed with galaxies...

What is a Wavefront Sensor?

Article - 19 Jan 2023

A wavefront sensor is a device for measuring an optical wavefront and any aberrations within it. The wavefront is a region in which all the points sampled in the wave have the same phase at a given...