Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008msngr.134....6v&link_type=abstract
The Messenger, vol. 134, p. 6-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
10
Scientific paper
The Phase Referenced Imaging and Microarcsecond Astrometry (PRIMA) instrument was recently delivered to the summit of Cerro Paranal and installed as part of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) infrastructure. PRIMA is designed to (i) provide phase-referenced interferometric imaging at milliarcsecond scales, (ii) enable faint star science several magnitudes fainter than the current atmospheric limits of the VLTI, and (iii) provide astrometric measurements at the tens of micro-arcsecond level. PRIMA has successfully seen first fringes and is currently (as of late 2008) undergoing initial commissioning tests.
Abuter Roberto
Accardo Matteo
Andolfato Luigi
Brillant Stéphane
de Jong Jeroen
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