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A journey of exoplanet discovery begins as Penn State’s NEID spectrometer starts its scientific mission

Posted on Aug 20, 2021 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments, Instrumentation, News, Press Coverage, Research | 0 comments

Suvrath Mahadevan and Sam Sholtis The NEID spectrometer, a new tool for the discovery of planets outside of our solar system, has now...

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Penn State led NEID team receives NASA Group Achievement Award

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Awards & Honors, Collaborations, Exoplanet & Brown Dwarf Surveys, Facilities & Instruments, Instrumentation, News, Research | 0 comments

The NEID instrument team, led by Penn State Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Suvrath Mahadevan, was recognized by NASA with the...

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WIYN

Posted on Jan 1, 2020 in Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

Penn State is a partner in the WIYN 3.5m observatory, providing additional time for the NEID science team to survey nearby stars for...

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NEID

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

Penn State built an Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrograph to provide next-generation exoplanet observational capabilities to the entire...

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HPF

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

The Habitable Zone Planet Finder, or HPF, was installed on the 10-meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas. It is an...

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Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 in Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is the world’s fourth largest optical telescope. The telescope is a collaboration between Penn State and...

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MINERVA

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

Penn State is a partner in the MINERVA observatory, which is currently under construction on Palomar Mountain. It will consist...

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Sloan Digital Sky Survey–IV

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

Penn State is an institutional partner in a major new research effort to investigate the structure of our galaxy, the evolution of nearby...

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Legacy Survey of Space & Time

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 in Collaborations, Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

Penn State is a partner organization in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The LSST will have an 8.4 meter primary mirror and a...

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Davey Lab Rooftop Telescopes

Posted on Nov 14, 2014 in Facilities & Instruments | 0 comments

The rooftop of Davey Lab has multiple telescopes, including a new 24-inch f/6.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph telescope. Read more....

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