Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992nascp3066..132r&link_type=abstract
In New Mexico Univ., A Lunar Optical-Ultraviolet-Infrared Synthesis Array (LOUISA) p 132-143 (SEE N93-13579 03-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Atmospheric Turbulence, Infrared Interferometers, Interferometry, Space Platforms, Telescopes, Astronomical Observatories, Faint Objects, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Radiation, Lunar Bases, Lunar Surface, Structural Stability
Scientific paper
Ground-based interferometry will make spectacular strides in the next decade. However, it will always be limited by the turbulence of the terrestrial atmosphere. Some of the most exciting and subtle problems may only be addressed from a stable platform above the atmosphere. The lunar surface offers such a platform, nearly ideal in many respects. Once built, such a telescope array will not only resolve key fundamental problems, but will revolutionize virtually every topic in observational astronomy. Estimates of the possible performance of lunar and ground-based interferometers of the 21st century shows that the lunar interferometer reaches the faintest sources of all wavelengths, but has the most significant advantage in the infrared.
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