Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.344..247v&link_type=abstract
In ESA, Solar Physics and Astrophysics at Interferometric Resolution p 247-254 (SEE N93-10901 01-90)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astronomical Observatories, Interferometry, Optical Measurement, Telescopes, Arrays, Design Analysis, Imaging Techniques
Scientific paper
An overview of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) interferometer is presented, its characteristics are highlighted and an update on its status is given. One of the observing modes available with the VLT will be coherent combination of the light received by up to four 8 m diameter unit telescopes and several 1.8 m diameter auxiliary telescopes. While the location of the main telescopes is fixed, auxilliary telescopes can be moved among some 30 observing stations designed to efficiently complement the unit telescopes as well as to function as an independent interferometric array. A distinct feature of the VLT interferometer will be its sensitivity due to the large diameter of the unit telescopes and due to the adaptive optics which will remove instrumental and atmospheric wavefront disturbances in the near infrared spectral regime.
Beckers Jacques M.
Faucherre Michel
Koehler Bert
Merkle Fritz
Vonderluehe O.
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