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Equinox installs telescope for stellar object sky survey
September 2, 2005. Equinox Interscience, Inc. (EI) announced today the installation of a custom 16-inch primary telescope at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii, the first of two telescopes planned for the Very Young Stellar Object Survey (VYSOS) which is dedicated to the systematic monitoring of nearby star forming regions along the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. (more...)

Equinox to build telescopes for stellar object sky survey
December 16, 2003. Equinox Interscience, Inc. (EI) announced today the receipt of a contract award to build dual synoptic telescopes for the Very Young Stellar Object Survey (VYSOS) project. The VYSOS project is dedicated to the systematic monitoring of nearby star forming regions along the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. (more...)

Equinox delivers new 30-inch telescope system
Aug 7, 2003. Equinox Interscience, Inc. announced today that it has completed the installation of a new astronomical telescope system for the University of Denver (DU) Student Astronomy Lab. The effort culminated with a crane lift of the new telescope to the roof of the DU Physics building in Denver, Colorado. (more...)

Deep Sky Black now space qualified
July 20, 2003. Equinox Interscience, Inc. announced today that their optical black coating product, Deep Sky Black is now space qualified. During rigorous testing by Sandia National Laboratory at the NASA White Sands Test Facility, Deep Sky Black passed all tests magnificently to demonstrate its suitability for use in space. (more...)

Equinox wins NASA contract for Mars mineral analyzer
April 11, 2003 Equinox Interscience, Inc. announced the receipt of a $1.3M contract from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop a Mineral Identification & Composition Analyzer (MICA) for use on future Mars missions. The objective of the MICA project is to demonstrate how optical imaging combined with x-ray diffraction and x-ray fluorescence techniques can facilitate rapid geological reconnaissance of Martian surface materials. (more...)