The One Thousand Dollar Giveaway!!!

The small contest we were running was closed at the end of 2009.

Thanks to everyone who submitted some great stories and images!!

We will be announcing the top winners over the next week or so, and will be including their submissions in this blog.

All recipients of the Lunt Gift Cards will be contacted via e-mail after their submissions have been posted..

Check back to see is your entry was chosen...

And PLEASE.. Keep the stories, event, and images coming in. We really look forward to receiving them.

One Thousand Dollar Giveaway :)

In the spirit of awards and the launch of our new website, Lunt Solar will be giving away a total of US$1,000.00 in gift cards to be used toward the purchase of any Lunt product at any authorized Lunt dealer worldwide..

Entries for this event should be received by December 31st 2009. All entries received after that will be included in January 2010. Award winners will be notified in early January.

How do you enter??

Simply submit; a series of images with related text, an editorial article, a "how to" article, educational article, etc.. Keep the submission relevant and original to anything Solar. It doesn't have to be observing related.

All submissions will be reviewed and prizes will be awarded to those that are interesting, fun, creative, and entertaining.

Submissions will be placed into our blog or on our website.

Please include return contact information in all submissions.

Submissions and questions should be sent to: sales@luntsolarsystems.com
Please use the sales e-mail until we have finished uploading the completed website and accounts this coming week....

Check back often for more info and updates.

Popular Science Best of What's New 2009

A quote....

"For 22 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us - those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our views of what's possible in the future." said Mark Jannot, Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science.
"The Best of What's New Award is the magazine's top honor, and the the 100 winners - chosen from among thousands of entrants - represent the highest level of achievement in their fields."

We are obviously very pleased to have received the BOWN 2009 award in the Recreational Catagory for the New LS60 Pressure Tuned Telescope. See page 58 of the December issue, or check on line when it goes live.

Although it has long been known that altitude changes move the center bandpass of an air spaced filter, it wasn't until June of this year that the reality of a system that incorporates this technology was brought out into the mainstream. A simple system that simply increases and decreases the air pressure inside a sealed cavity.
This change in air pressure results in a change in refractive index which alters the interference of the light as it enters the cavity. Simplicity! This system basically does the same job as heat would do to a solid design, but instantly, without power, at the turn of a wrist.

Look for some exciting new developements from Lunt Solar in the next 6 months. Along with some R&D projects which I will continue to discuss as I can, we are close to completion on the developement of several new products..

Thanks! to Popular Science for recognizing Lunt Solar as a leader in it's field.