More VISTA: 4MOST WFC and ADC
We have proudly commenced the 4MOST Optical Lens Fabrication Wide Field Corrector and Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector project.
Maroon-X for the Gemini Observatory
MAROON-X is a red-optical, high precision radial velocity spectrograph currently nearing completion and undergoing extensive performance testing at the University of Chicago.
Press Release: Astronomical astronomy
One of the world’s largest astronomical lenses has been made in New Zealand. It will help power a telescope in the Canary Islands surveying over 10,000,000 heavenly objects.
Adding a Red Camera
In 2017 KiwiStar Optics successfully delivered and installed the KiwiSpec R4-100 spectrograph. This Spectrograph forms the core of MAROON-X.
KiwiStar Cameras for VISTA telescope in Chile
KiwiStar Optics wins major contract to build three high resolution spectrograph cameras for the VISTA telescope in Chile.
Working again with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics
We have recently commenced the procuring, polishing and testing of a reference sphere for the Thirty Meter Telescope project.
KiwiStar Optics connected to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile
First light of the ESPRESSO spectrograph using the four-Unit-Telescope mode of the VLT has now been reached and made public.
Kiwi Optics for Aussie Telescope
New Zealand’s place in the global astronomy family has become further established with a multi-million dollar contract to produce precision optical components for Australia’s largest telescope.
NZ scientists help discover solar system in our galaxy
New Zealand astronomers have found a new solar system – a scaled-down version of our own – among distant stars in the Milky Way.