Reaching for the stars 🔭💫 🌌 At ZEISS Spectroscopy, we're no strangers to the demands and challenges that come with the production of coated glass substrates. With our ThinFilm solutions for large area coatings, we've honed our expertise in reliable process control based on in-line and at-line measurements, ensuring accuracy and precision in a wide range of applications. But with the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) project, we're reaching for the stars - quite literally. The telescope's highly developed mirrors feature a special coating made of silver, nickel chromium, and silicon nitride, and the consistent quality of this coating is critical to its performance. This is where we come in, as we are proud to be partnering with our colleagues at ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions to contribute to this groundbreaking project by ensuring the quality control of the ELT's mirror coatings. Our MCS 732 with OFR 104 is used for high-precision reflection measurement, guided over the mirrors on a linear robot while the mirror moves at a 90° angle underneath. We're proud to be a part of this remarkable project and to play a role in expanding our cosmic horizon! #ZEISS #Innovation #Astronomy #ZEISSspectroscopy #ThinFilm #QualityControl
Half way there! The world's largest reflecting #telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), is due to see its first light in 2028. It will help make it possible to find and map Earth-like planets orbiting other stars for the first time. 🌟 The telescope is a partner project which uses measuring technology from ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions and ZEISS Spectroscopy to inspect the 949 mirror substrates manufactured by SCHOTT for the 39 m main mirror. Sitting at the top of Chile's Cerro Armazones, the #ELT will offer a window into the universe's mysteries and allow us to learn more about exoplanets, black holes and maybe discover something we’ve never even seen before. 🔭 European Southern Observatory #ZEISS #Innovation #Astronomy