Report on the ESA Interferometry Study Team activities

Details Report on the ESA Interferometry Study Team activities Report on the ESA Interferometry Study Team activities

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.354...87d&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Targets for Space-Based Interferometry p 87-88 (SEE N93-31750 12-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Interferometry, European Space Agency, Spaceborne Astronomy, High Resolution, Lunar Based Equipment, Project Planning, Recommendations, Space Observations (From Earth), Space Programs, Very Long Base Interferometry

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Activities of the ESA Interferometry Study Team leading directly to the organization of the colloquium entitled 'Targets for Space Based Interferometry' are summarized. The study team examined the scientific case for modest baselines, tried to predict how Earth based techniques might evolve and thus define the advantages of space over the ground for interferometry, and above all attempted to be as realistic as possible in terms of cost. Conclusions of the Lunar Interferometry Study Team (LIST), which addressed the scientific case for locating optical and submillimeter interferometers on the Moon, are outlined. The following conclusions are given: there is a very strong case for very high angular resolution imaging; in the long term the merits of long baseline interferometers in space and the Moon are clear but the costs appear enormous; in the visible and NIR, current advances in ground based techniques make it very difficult to select a medium term mission in space that has a clear scientific payoff compared to the ground; it is essential to coordinate ground and space based developments.

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