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101Acousto Optical Spectrometer — The principle of an AOS is based on the diffraction of light at ultrasonic waves. A piecoelectric transducer, driven by the RF signal (from the receiver), generates an acoustic wave in a crystal (the so called Bragg cell). This acoustic wave… …
102Southern African Large Telescope — Infobox Telescope bgcolour = name = Southern African Large Telescope caption = organization = National Research Foundation of South Africa location = Sutherland, South Africa coords = altitude = weather = wavelength = Optical built = 2005 website …
103Clover (telescope) — For other uses, see Clover (disambiguation). Clover would have been an experiment to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. It was approved for funding in late 2004, with the aim of having the full telescope operational by… …
104Sony Alpha 550 — Sony α 550 Type Digital single lens reflex camera Sensor 23.4 x 15.6 mm APS C Type CMOS Exmor Sensor, 14.6 million total pixels 14.2 million effective pixels Maximum …
105Mohammad Ataul Karim — Born May 4, 1953 (1953 05 04) (age 58) Sylhet, Bangladesh Citizenship Bangladesh / USA …
106Kepler Mission — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Kepler Mission Caption = Conceptual drawing of the Kepler Spacecraft Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Ball Aerospace Mission Type = Space observatory Satellite Of = Sun Launch = No earlier than April 10, 2009… …
107Sector instrument — A five sector mass spectrometer A sector instrument is a general term for a class of mass spectrometer that uses a static electric or magnetic sector or some combination of the two (separately in space) as a mass analyzer.[1] A popular… …
108Active optics — is a relatively new technology for reflecting telescopes developed in the 1980s, which has more recently enabled the construction of a generation of telescopes with 8 metre primary mirrors. Active optics works by actively adjusting the telescope… …
109Quantum dot — Part of a series of articles on Nanomaterials Fullerenes …
110Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer — The gas giant Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons of the Uranian system, taken with NICMOS in 1998 …
