Near-infrared guiding and tip-tilt correction for the UC Berkeley Infrared Spatial Interferometer

Other

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

4

Scientific paper

The UC Berkeley IR Spatial Interferometer (ISI) is a heterodyne stellar interferometer which operates in the mid- IR between 9 and 12 microns. This wavelength range makes the ISI particularly well-suited to high resolution study of late-type stars and other objects surrounded by relatively cool dust, the emission from which peaks in the mid-IR. Unfortunately, this same dust tends to reduce the amount of visible light available from the sources, making many interesting IR objects too faint for the original telescope guiding system, which used a silicon CCD camera. This system has been replaced by a guiding and tip-tilt correction system based on an InSb IR camera and a fast, controllable tilting mount for one of the mirrors in the signal path. The new system has improved the quality of ISI fringe visibility data on bright sources and allowed the study of previously inaccessible objects.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Near-infrared guiding and tip-tilt correction for the UC Berkeley Infrared Spatial Interferometer does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Near-infrared guiding and tip-tilt correction for the UC Berkeley Infrared Spatial Interferometer, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Near-infrared guiding and tip-tilt correction for the UC Berkeley Infrared Spatial Interferometer will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1175902

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.