Binary Star Explorer

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Aug 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987esasp.273...67t&link_type=abstract

In ESA, ESA Workshop on Optical Interferometry in Space p 67-68 (SEE N88-10613 01-74)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Binary Stars, Interferometry, Spaceborne Astronomy, Attitude Control, Calibrating, Spaceborne Telescopes, Spacecraft Configurations

Scientific paper

The Binary Star Explorer (BSE) a space interferometer for fundamental astrophysical measurements with a relatively simple instrument is proposed. The BSE will determine distances and masses of a large number of binary systems in our Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds. These binaries include many Cepheid systems, so that the fundamental distance scale can be calibrated accurately in terms of the directly measured quantities of angular separation and radial velocity. The proposed BSE takes full advantage of space, in that it uses the ultraviolet as well as the lack of atmospheric turbulence to make otherwise unobtainable measurements.

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