The Sydney University Stellar Interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 726-732

  Davis, John ^a   Tango, William J ^a   Booth, Andrew J ^a   O'Byrne, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Binary stars; Stars; Stellar interferometer

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STARS;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; BINARY STARS; LUMINOSITY CLASSES; NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW); SCIENCE PROGRAMS; STELLAR INTERFEROMETER; TECHNICAL FEATURES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0005617173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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