Materion Partners With Rubin Observatory To Give Astronomers A Deeper and Wider View Of The Universe
May 17 2021 - 7:12AM
Business Wire
Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) continues to build on its
50-year legacy of supporting space exploration and observation by
partnering with The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on a
first-of-its-kind custom optical filter set to be used on
the Legacy Survey of Space and Time Telescope (LSST) currently
under construction in Chile.
The LSST Camera’s six curved filters, which range from
Ultraviolet to near-Infrared in the electromagnetic spectrum, are
the largest precision optical filters of their kind in the world,
measuring about 30 inches (76 cm) and weighing approximately 90
pounds (41kg). Achieving leading edge optical performance with the
correct materials and in the necessary form factor is considered
key enabling technology for the broadband spectral mapping planned
by the Rubin Observatory team.
Materion’s deep advanced materials knowledge and powerful
technical insights enabled the design and fabrication of custom
hardware and software infrastructure to support optical metrology,
data capture and analysis, and the vacuum coating technology.
“We are excited and very proud to support the Rubin Observatory
project, which is unique from other ground-based telescopes in that
it provides an exceptionally wide field of view and has the ability
to survey the entire visible sky in just 72 hours,” said Dr. Ian
Tribick, President of Materion Precision Optics. “Our large
area optic solutions can be found on many ground-based astronomical
instruments, including The Gemini Observatory, The Southern African
Large Telescope (SALT), Keck Observatory, The National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan, and The University of Hawaii Institute for
Astronomy’s Pan-Starrs telescope.”
Materion has supported U.S. and international space observation,
exploration and aerospace missions since the early 1960s. The
Company’s recent acquisition of Optics Balzers compliments and
further extends that proud history through the LSST project as well
as NASA’s recent Perseverance mission to Mars, and provides the
combined organizations with even more future mission support
opportunities.
About Materion
Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly
engineered advanced enabling materials to global markets. Our
unique product portfolio includes high performance alloys,
beryllium products, clad metal strip, composite metals, ceramics,
inorganic chemicals, microelectronics packaging materials,
precision optics, thin film coatings, and thin film deposition
materials.
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