Planning the VLT interferometer

Details Planning the VLT interferometer Planning the VLT interferometer

Jun 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990msngr..60....1b&link_type=abstract

ESO Messenger (ISSN 0722-6691), no. 60, June 1990, p. 1-9.

Physics

Optics

Astronomical Photography, Interferometers, Telescopes, Adaptive Optics, Image Processing, Light Beams, Speckle Interferometry, Structural Design, Very Long Base Interferometry

Scientific paper

The paper deals with the implementation plan for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) interferometer as proposed by the European Southern Observatory. The philosophy followed in the plan is based on the opportunity provided by the presence on one site of four identical 8-meter telescopes to do interferometric imaging. The properties of existing optical interferometers as well as those in the construction and planning stages are outlined, and the similarities and differences of optical and radio types of interferometry are discussed, with focus placed on adaptive optics. A proposed configuration of the VLT telescopes and the resulting plane coverage for different declinations and for zenith distance angles up to 60 deg are presented, along with some characteristics of auxiliary telescopes. Site aspects are covered, and attention is given to special tools developed for handling mirrors.

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