TUCSON, ARIZONA -- The United States Air Force Academy issued a combined solicitation for the construction and installation of a modern compact as well as traditional local operations. The new ASA 1-Meter telescope will be provided through Tucson based Lunt Solar Systems and is to be installed and commissioned at the The Astronomical Research Group and Observatory (ARGO), based at the United States Air Force Academy Observatory.
ARGO conducts near-Earth research including resolved and non-resolved space object tracking, and deep-space research including asteroid tracking, astronomical spectroscopy and photometry and exoplanet studies. ARGO also supports the other Department of Physics research centers and grant work and hosts STEM Outreach activities at the observatory for Scout groups, school groups and teachers.
Lunt Solar Systems is a U.S. manufacture of high end professional and recreational solar telescopes, eclipse gear and glasses founded by Andrew Lunt in 2007 and partners with the largest telescope manufacturers in the world. Lunt Engineering recently partnered with NASA to live stream the 2017 American Solar Eclipse and with the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii in February 2014 for mounts for the ATLAS
The new USAFA 1-meter telescope will provide excellent and provide the capability of simultaneously mounting and switching between both imaging and spectroscopic instrumentation." says Andy Lunt.
For more information on Lunt Solar Systems visit www.LuntSolarSystems.com