Product Overview Brochure - Apogee Instruments, Inc.

ABOUT APOGEE
APOGEE IMAGING SYSTEMS
High Performance
Cooled CCD Camera System
Our Start
In 1993, Apogee Instruments, Inc. was founded by Wayne Brown, in San Jose, California. Over the course of the next
year Apogee developed, tested, and began selling its first line of CCD cameras, the AP ® series. In 1995, Apogee’s
strength and determination was proved, as the company relocated to Arizona, in an effort to branch out into the scientific
community. Partnering with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in 1999, Apogee’s camera was launched on a
sounding rocket as part of NRL’s VAULT (Very high Angular resolution Ultraviolet Telescope) project.
Equipped with two new camera lines; KX ® and AM ® series, and camera accessories Apogee returned to Northern
California in 2001.
A Growing Reputation
Already proven in the astronomy community, Apogee worked to expand its customer focus. Apogee cameras have
become an integral part in many customers’ applications ranging from volcanology and spectroscopy to areas of medical
research in various facilities spanning the globe. In 2010, Apogee Instruments announced a name change to Apogee
Imaging Systems. Although a small change to the name, it represented a significant step in the company’s growth in
both products and customer breadth.
COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
Because you need reliable imaging systems to make your science happen, we strive to develop the best possible quality
assurance system for all of our products, both incoming and outgoing. Through product consistency on incoming inventory
and constant and consistent cross-checking during the build process, we are able to provide our customers with some
of the best quality cameras currently on the market. At Apogee we are continually seeking to find ways to make our
manufacturing processes faster and more efficient, while still maintaining the high level of quality our customers expect from
us. Our knowledgeable engineering staff works side-by-side with the members of our production team to ensure that new
products not only meet our customers needs, but are also faster and easier to assemble, so you get your camera on time.
CORE VALUES
Here at Apogee Imaging Systems, there are four keys values
we focus on as a company:
Strive for excellence.
In our jobs and in our products, we want to produce our very
best...every time.
Practice honesty and integrity.
These values are the core of our relationships both in house,
with one another, and with our customers.
Extraordinary Partnerships
For two years Apogee’s engineering team worked intently with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to design a
custom camera to fly aboard a Black Brant sounding rocket, as part of NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C
project. In 2012, NASA successfully launched the rocket carrying the Apogee camera to observe the solar corona and
fundamental structures of the sun providing images with six times better resolution than ever before.
Apogee Today
With more than 20 years of experience, Apogee Imaging Systems continues to supply reliable, high performance cooled
CCD cameras to many disciplines within the scientific community.
Focus on the customer.
We provide great customer service, both before and after
the sale. We try our hardest to go the extra mile for every
customer.
Have fun at work.
We are a growing yet small company...some call it an extended
family. But first and foremost, we have all found a home at
Apogee because we enjoy what we do!
DIVERSITY
From government and private research laboratories to worldclass
professional observatories, our cameras are now used in
more than 50 different countries. Apogee cameras have been
used for a wide variety of applications, such as: spectroscopic
analysis of water, soil and gems; detection of anthrax; analysis
and detection of contaminants at nuclear reactors; imaging
of fingerprints without chemicals; fluorescent imaging of cell
tissues and microtitre plates; munitions testing; laser beam
profiling; optics testing; and the discovery of astronomical
objects.
NGC 6853, The Dumbbell Nebula taken by R Jay GaBany with an
Apogee Ascent ® A8050 using a Half-meter RCOS f/8
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
One of Apogee’s top priorities is our dedication to our
customers. Whether it is assisting with CCD selection,
helping you build your order , talking through customization
options, helping you troubleshoot remotely or answering
any questions you may have about your new camera,
our customer and sales support staff is always on hand,
eager to help with any of your needs or questions.
Sales Support:
sales@ccd.com
Technical Support:
support@ccd.com
tel: (916) 218-7450 x 219
hours: 9am to 5pm PST
MADE IN THE USA
Apogee is proud to boast that all it’s cameras are
assembled and tested in our Northern California facility.
Almost all of the mechanical parts involved in the
manufacturing of Apogee cameras are produced in our
own separate machining facility with three 3-axis CNC
machines.
©2013 Apogee Imaging
Systems Inc. Aspen, Alta and
Ascent are registered trademarks of
Apogee Imaging Systems Inc.
By expanding into broad markets with diverse demands,
Apogee has had to develop a wide variety of technologies
to fit our customers’ wide array of needs. Be it low noise
and high sensitivity coupled with high quantitative accuracy
or speed and ease of use, there is one thing all our customers
need: high performance at lower prices. At Apogee, we work
our hardest to meet all your demands.
Image by Apogee personnel
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